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    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
      Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
  • Politics/Law
    • A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
      A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
    • Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think
      Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think
    • The Biggest Lesson Learned From the US War in Afghanistan is How Little We’ve Learned
      The Biggest Lesson Learned From the US War in Afghanistan is How Little We’ve Learned
  • Religious Liberty
    • As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
      As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
    • UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
      UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
    • Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
      Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
      Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster
      The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster
  • New Books
    • The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
      The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
    • A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture
      A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Stephanie Russell-Kraft covered securities litigation and regulation, as well as general legal news, for Law360, a daily news wire for attorneys. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Fusion, Jezebel and AlterNet.

Archive, Culture, New BooksMay 30, 2017

The Children of Bellow and Roth: New Book of Short Fiction Takes On the Male Jewish Experience

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

“I’m unbelievably bored writing about Judaism as a journalist,” author Gordon Haber said during a…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderOctober 12, 2016

“Freedom” vs. “Liberty”: Why Religious Conservatives Have Begun to Favor One Over the Other

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Religious “liberty” is code for something else entirely.

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderAugust 1, 2016

Will SB 1146 End LGBT Discrimination in California’s Religious Schools?

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

A new religious freedom battle has been brewing in California, but you probably haven’t heard of…

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Archive, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderJuly 12, 2016

Mississippi’s Gov. Bryant Resorts To Far-Fetched Analogy To Defend Anti-LGBT HB 1523

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

According to Bryant, the carve-outs in HB 1523 are no different than federal laws protecting pacifists from military conscription.

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderJuly 7, 2016

Religious Freedom Is No Carte Blanche: Highlights from Mississippi HB 1523 Court Ruling

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Mississippi’s House Bill 1523, the law the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Andrew Seidel called “excruciatingly…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyJuly 5, 2016

5 Most Important Quotes from Trump’s Evangelical Summit

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

It seems like not a day goes by when a reporter or political commentator declares…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Religious Liberty, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderJune 28, 2016

#SorryNotSorry: What U.S. Christian Denominations Teach About Homosexuality

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

The massacre of 49 individuals in an Orlando gay nightclub on June 12 has ignited…

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Archive, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderJune 23, 2016

Disingenuous Pleas for “Common Ground” on Religious Liberty Aren’t Likely to Find Any

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

If you were to skim John Gehring’s latest piece for Commonweal, you might think he’s…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderJune 8, 2016

Mississippi Religious Lib Law Violates First Amendment and Shuts Out Religious Progressives

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

As I predicted after the first two lawsuits were filed against Mississippi’s House Bill 1523,…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderJune 1, 2016

Manufacturing Religious Freedom Martyrs

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

On May 12, the conservative advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom introduced the newest Christian martyrs…

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