America’s National Conversation about Christianity is ‘Fundamentally Unserious’ — But Not in the Way You Think
As I’ve argued before, the United States, an ostensibly secular country, has a de facto…
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With This Thanksgiving Bombshell SCOTUS Began Implementation of an Ultraconservative Agenda
The unsigned, midnight opinion dropped like a bombshell on Thanksgiving. Five ultraconservative members of the…
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Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian’s Latest Reveals the Problem with Today’s ‘Religious Freedom’
Jack Rakove, the Pulitzer-Prize winning historian, is back with another prize-worthy book, Beyond Belief, Beyond…
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How U.S. Conservatives Conjured the Jesus of Their Dreams
It seems that when Donald Trump and his Republican enablers are able to seat a…
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Fact Check: Is the Evangelical Youth-Inspired Great ‘Awokening’ Just Around the Corner?
Early in George W. Bush’s second term, not long after I started my Ph.D. work…
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Why the Media and Democrats Should Reject the Christian Right’s Pearl-Clutching and Address Problematic Religious Views
America is trapped in an abusive relationship—not just with the pussy-grabbing President Donald Trump, our…
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Trump’s Nominee to Fill RBG’s Seat Is Unfit. By Definition.
The name will be announced later this week. The president, a former reality show host,…
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Fundraising for Kyle Rittenhouse Reveals American Christianity’s White Supremacy Problem
Christianity has long had a white supremacy problem. The Kenosha aftermath has just made it…
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Gun-Wielding White Couple Make Perfect Protagonists for Republican Convention’s ‘Great American Story’
Among the more surprising inclusions at the 2020 Republican National Convention was Patricia and Mark…
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In Convention Event Democrats Embrace the ‘Nones’
What does it mean to put pluralism into practice? This is a serious question of…
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