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Sarah Sentilles

Sarah Sentilles is a writer, critical theorist, and scholar of religion. Her next book, Draw Your Weapons, will be published by Random House in July 2017.

(A)theologies, Sexuality/GenderNovember 8, 2010

Waterboarding in the Living Room

By Sarah Sentilles

22-year-old Trevor Case has been sitting in a Nebraska jail since late last month for allegedly waterboarding his girlfriend. According to police reports, after accusing Danielle Stallworth of…

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawJune 23, 2009

Are Christians Theologically Prepared to Accept Torture?

By Sarah Sentilles

The results of a new Pew survey indicate that going to church increases the likelihood that people will support torture, especially if they are white evangelical Protestants. This is not good news.

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderJune 22, 2009

Response: Gay or Black, It’s Still Church-Sanctioned Discrimination

By Sarah Sentilles

To deny the parallels between the Civil Rights Movement and the fight for LGBTQ civil rights obscures the fact that the forces opposing both used the Bible and Christianity to do their dirty work.

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawJune 22, 2009

RDPulpit: Torture Needs You

By Sarah Sentilles

Relieved that Guantanamo Bay is closing? Don’t rest easy. Until we accept our collective responsibility for torture, and the fact that it requires not just the torturer’s denial, but ours, it will prevail.

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