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Timothy K. Snyder

Timothy Snyder is a public theologian and a scholar of contemporary American religion. He teaches theology and spirituality at Wartburg Theological Seminary and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Boston University.

(A)theologies, Guest Bloggers, OMFGApril 28, 2015

The Theological Hijacking of Religious “Freedom”

By Timothy K. Snyder

If I were Steve Inskeep, here’s how the conversation might have gone.

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Guest Bloggers, OMFG, RD BlogJuly 21, 2014

What the Surveys Don’t (And Can’t) Say About the Rise of the “Spiritual But Not Religious”

By Timothy K. Snyder

It all begins with “survey says….” But it doesn’t end there.

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