Sometimes Dialogue is Not the Answer and Neutrality is a Trap: An Interview with the Authors of ‘The Neutrality Trap’
Regular readers of Religion Dispatches will likely be familiar with my fairly frequent forays into…
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Breaking Up With Marilynne Robinson Over Her Refusal to Acknowledge the Dark Side of Puritanism
Breaking up is hard to do, and I am not at all prepared to discard…
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The Missing Element in the Conversation on Christian Nationalism and Freedom: Whiteness
A new report released Wednesday by a trio of groups, both Christian and secular, on…
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Vainglory Days: A Foremost Expert on Religious Violence Offers Clues to How QAnon Might End
QAnon won’t last forever. Sooner or later, even if the failure of their prophecies doesn’t…
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A New Book By Esteemed Sociologist Robert Wuthnow Struggles to Show ‘Why Religion is Good for American Democracy’
At a time when Christian Nationalism is finally being recognized as a threat to democracy,…
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America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy
As we reflect on the implications of the Trump years there have been several books…
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The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
The Religious Right’s most cherished and durable myth is its myth of origins. According to…
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‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
The Religious Right is experiencing another, devastating Covid surge, especially in Southern states with Republican…
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A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture
At a small group Bible study in suburban Colorado Springs, circa 2008, a group of…
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After Michael Jerryson (1974-2021) Nobody Will Ever Look at Buddhism the Same Way
It is perhaps not too much of an exaggeration to say that after Michael Jerryson…
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