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    • The ADL is Correct that Antisemitism is Rising — But the Main (and Most Dangerous) Source Isn’t the Left, It’s Always Been the Right
      The ADL is Correct that Antisemitism is Rising — But the Main (and Most Dangerous) Source Isn’t the Left, It’s Always Been the Right
    • With So Many Christians Again Supporting Trump, Pundits and Fellow Christians Refuse to Entertain the Simplest Explanation
      With So Many Christians Again Supporting Trump, Pundits and Fellow Christians Refuse to Entertain the Simplest Explanation
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Sunnivie Brydum and Joshua Lazard

Joshua L. Lazard, the inaugural C. Eric Lincoln Minister at Duke Chapel, is a graduate of the Interdenominational Theological Center. He is also a musician, and an armchair cultural critic in the area of race, religion and politics with the hope of advancing both the community and humanity at large. He goes by the online moniker of The Uppity Negro. // Sunnivie Brydum is a senior correspondent for RD, where her reporting focuses on "religious freedom" efforts as they impact LGBT Americans. An award-winning investigative journalist, Sunnivie is the former managing editor of The Advocate, whose writing has also been featured in Vox and Bustle. Find her on Twitter @sunnivie.

(A)theologies, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderJuly 18, 2017

The Southern Baptists’ “All Lives Matter” Approach to Racial Reconciliation Is Spiritual Malpractice

By Sunnivie Brydum and Joshua Lazard

When the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting “went off the rails” last month following the…

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