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      We Should Not Be Shocked That the Alleged Minnesota Shooter’s Christian School Is Connected to Political Violence
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      Since You’ve Been Gone: The Politics of Hysterectomy and the Impossibility of ‘Choice’
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      Why Don’t White People Show Up For Juneteenth The Way They Showed Up For George Floyd?
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      We Should Not Be Shocked That the Alleged Minnesota Shooter’s Christian School Is Connected to Political Violence
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Spencer Dew

Spencer Dew is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Centenary College of Louisiana. He is the author of Learning for Revolution: The Work of Kathy Acker (Hyperbole, 2011), and is currently writing a manuscript on the role of law in three related black ethnic religious movements: the Moorish Science Temple of America, the Yamassee/Nuwaubian movement, and the Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah.

CultureJuly 6, 2017

Martyrdom, Racist Violence, and the Role of Art: Kara Walker’s Religious Turn

By Spencer Dew

In her most recent exhibit, “The Ecstasy of St. Kara,” the American artist Kara Walker made a turn…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/LawJune 27, 2017

Kentucky-Fried Christianity: Governor Matt Bevin Wants to Pray Away Violence in Louisville

By Spencer Dew

Over the past few weeks, a conflict has unfolded in Kentucky, revealing a split in…

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Archive, CultureMay 29, 2017

Here Comes President Boo Boo: Trump’s Tour as Reality TV

By Spencer Dew

It was billed as unprecedented,  a religion-themed tour to “broadcast a message of unity” to…

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Archive, Politics/LawApril 19, 2017

Alex Jones, Performance Artist, and the Duelling Meanings of ‘Sincerity’ in Politics and Public Life

By Spencer Dew

As part of a contentious fight with his ex-wife over custody of their three children,…

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(A)theologies, Archive, CultureApril 11, 2017

Church of Pain: Religion, Ritual, and the Body in the New Serial Spin-Off, “S-Town”

By Spencer Dew

A wildly popular podcast uses religion as its final reveal—a “church” devoted to the art of the tattoo, and to drunken discussion of the work of George Bataille.

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(A)theologies, Archive, BooksMarch 30, 2017

Christianity as American Horror Story in Joyce Carol Oates’ Newest Novel

By Spencer Dew

Joyce Carol Oates’s hefty new novel, A Book of American Martyrs, reveals an America haunted by a…

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(A)theologies, Archive, CultureMarch 24, 2017

How a Mormon Spring Break Ritual Came to Include a Whole Lot of “Hare Krishna, Hare Rama”

By Spencer Dew

This weekend, tens of thousands of people—primarily college age, overwhelmingly Mormon—will descend on the Sri…

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ArchiveMarch 13, 2017

Let’s Get Lost: Mapping Religion in the 21st Century

By Spencer Dew

Maps allow for a kind of immersive wandering, yet at the same time reminding us of our distance from that which we contemplate—this is an essential caution for considering any maps of American religion

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawFebruary 2, 2017

Bannon’s “Alt-Facts” Satan

By Spencer Dew

“The fight for real power is over what gets to count as a fact in the first place. Truth only matters insofar as you have the power to determine what is truth.”

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawJanuary 22, 2017

Trump’s Inaugural Address Gets an “F” in American Civil Religion

By Spencer Dew

Trump’s America will shine not as an exemplar of righteous conduct but as an example of “winning” business practices and national self-interest.

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