Is America in 2025 What ‘Disenchantment’ Looks Like?
I’ve always found the performative use of religious language, as an excoriation or a scold,…
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Louisville School Shooter’s Social Media Presence Reveals Online Right’s Fascination with Nation of Islam Lore
According to police, a 17-year-old student fired 10 shots into the cafeteria of his Louisville,…
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The Los Angeles Wildfires Have Indeed Been Biblical — But Not in the Way You Think
If you’ve ever lived in Los Angeles or if you have loved ones who do,…
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Don’t Call Him Evangelical — How to Remember Jimmy Carter’s Faith, And How Not To
Jimmy Carter was an evangelical. A liberal evangelical. A liberal evangelical in the age before…
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Why Scholars Should Take Accounts of Supernatural Phenomena Seriously — And How it Might Save the Humanities
For a decade and a half, Dr. Jeffrey J. Kripal has been advocating for the…
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Time Bandits: How Christianity Takes Your Time (And What It’s Doing With It)
Our new book, Religion Is Not Done With You, came out on Election Day—and what…
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Coverage of Tucker Carlson’s Demonic Assault Missed the Importance of the Man He Shared the Story With
“Physically mauled” is how Tucker Carlson refers to the alleged demonic assault he suffered in…
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Phoning It In: ‘Heathen’ Isn’t a Neutral Religious Description — It’s Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and…
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Progressive Christian Election Response ‘Give us Barabbas’ May Be Well-Meaning — But Functions as Anti-Jewish Dogwhistle
In the wake of the 2024 United States presidential election, “Give us Barabbas” emerged in…
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The ‘Jezebel Spirit’ Isn’t (Just) Bible-Based Misogyny, it’s a Literal Demon — So What Happens When They ‘Stop Tolerating’ It?
Most people, to the extent that they heard about it at all, probably interpreted the…
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