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      Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
    • White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
      White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
    • HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
      HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
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    • HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
      HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
      What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
      My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
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    • Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
      Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism

Yazmine Nichols

Yazmine Nichols is a Brooklyn-born, New York native. She is a JD candidate whose work focuses on the relationship between law, theo-ethics, and criminalization. She received her MA in Ethics from Union Theological Seminary in 2017.

Culture, Sexuality/GenderJuly 7, 2017

The Book of Diana: Wonder Woman as Theological Text

By Yazmine Nichols

What audiences learn by the end of the film is that evil cannot be located in a single demigod, villain or agent.

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(A)theologies, ArchiveOctober 6, 2016

Charged with Impiety: When Black Bodies Defy Tradition

By Yazmine Nichols

When Black athletes like Gabrielle Douglas fail to be model Olympians and model players, they become treasonous.

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ArchiveJune 7, 2016

Sometimes Salvation Looks Like Rage: An Open Letter to “Non-denominational” Churches

By Yazmine Nichols

I grew up in a self-professed non-denominational church. My mother began attending when I was…

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(A)theologies, Archive, CultureFebruary 19, 2016

“Let’s Get in Formation”: Beyoncé’s Spiritual Call for Black Resistance

By Yazmine Nichols

I don’t like Beyoncé in the way that some people do—I am not a bee in…

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(A)theologies, Activism and the Academy, Archive, StoriesFebruary 2, 2016

What Good Is It for Union to Gain the World, But Forfeit Its Soul?

By Yazmine Nichols

“I have never really understood exactly what a ‘liberal’ is,” Assata Shakur writes, “since I…

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