Pop-Culture Angels Are More Than Just Embarrassing Kitsch
Cloying sentimentality, saccharine pablum, ridiculous camp and embarrassing kitsch—in the contemporary moment the word “angel”…
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The American Right Hasn’t Adopted Children’s Rights — They’ve Redefined and Weaponized Them
For decades, the American Right has claimed children’s rights are anathema. They undermine the family,…
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What Happens When We Use Horror Movies to Interpret the Real World? 10 Questions for the Authors of ‘The Exorcist Effect’
What inspired you to write The Exorcist Effect? Over twenty years ago, Michael Cuneo wrote…
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Mitt Romney, the Public Face of Mormonism, Reckons with His Alienation From a Radicalized GOP and His Role in Enabling it
Riding high from his tenure as the moderate governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney was anxious…
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The Story of a Post-Holocaust Group Seeking Revenge Against Nazis is Part of the Story of Israel Itself
“I think the [Palestinian] village of Huwara needs to be wiped out. I think the…
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Uncovering the (White) Christian Roots of Slavery, Native American Genocide, and Ongoing Efforts to Erase History
When he started to do the research for his new book, The Hidden Roots of…
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From Civil Rights Liberals to New Age Conspiracy Theorists — What Betty and Barney Hill’s Alien Abduction Story Reveals About America
In 1961, driving back from a short vacation, Betty and Barney Hill encountered a bright…
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Russell Moore Claims There’s a Crisis in Evangelical America — But White Evangelicalism is Exactly Where it Wants to Be
Russell Moore used to be one of the top officials of the most powerful religious…
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Is ‘Beyond Doubt’ Correct About the Decline of Religion? Yes… Sort Of.
Looking back at the past seven years, Christianity seems stronger than ever in the United…
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How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism — An Interview
Earlier this year, on his Straight White American Jesus podcast, RD’s Bradley Onishi spoke with…
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