A Locked and Loaded Covenant: The Religious Roots of America’s Gun Culture
Garry Wills was being only slightly ironic when he wrote (in the wake of the…
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The Critical Role of Jews in Defining Modernity
What inspired you to write Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought? I was…
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Making College Great Again: Evangelical Outsiders in the Age of Trump
Are they or aren’t they? As pundits have noticed, younger white evangelicals show signs that…
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Buddhism And Politics in Myanmar: An Author Interview
What inspired you to write Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar? My interest in the…
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Anxiety About Homosexuality and Apocalyptic Worldview is An Old Marriage: 10 Questions for the Author of Visions of Sodom: Religion, Homoerotic Desire, and the End of the World in England
What inspired you to write Visions of Sodom: Religion, Homoerotic Desire, and the End of the…
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How the Abortion Debate Turned the Christian Right On To Liberal Arguments… and Birthed the Religious Freedom Industry
Historically, the Christian Right has not been recognized for its celebration of liberal values. On…
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Idiot Wind: Stephen Strang’s “God and Donald Trump” Aims to Justify Christian Support
There is no dispute that, by and large, the Christian right loves Donald Trump. The…
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From Original Sin to Flattering Mirror: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
By the turn of the millennium, the history of the civil rights movement had become…
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New World A-Coming: How Black Religion Helped Shape Racial Identity
What inspired you to write New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity During the…
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Popesplaining: Women Remain “Strawberries” in Francis’s Book on Happiness
As we inch toward Christmas, it’s no surprise to hear that Americans are miserable. Any…
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