‘Murder Among the Mormons,’ Latest True Crime Doc From Netflix, Highlights Issues of Faith, Skepticism, and Authenticity
Note on spoilers, etc: This essay covers the broad outlines of the Mark Hofmann forgery…
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The Problem With An Evangelical Petition Calling White Nationalism ‘Heresy’
Me, starting column: Well, actually, an evangelical sign-on petition calling white nationalism a heresy…
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‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Has a ‘Real Religion’ Problem
Religion is a frequent guest star on Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise—who could forget Kyle…
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No, Rush Limbaugh Did Not Hijack Your Parents’ Christianity
We’ve all heard the stories, and some of us have seen it with our own…
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When the Golden Rule is Used to Silence Dissent and Protect the Politically Powerful
On Sunday, NBC’s “Meet the Press” interviewed Senator Ron Johnson. ABC’s “This Week” interviewed House…
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Rush Limbaugh’s Race-Baiting and Gaslighting of Obama Paved the Way for Trump
Hate. Fear. Lies. These are things most of us abhor and at least try to…
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Is it Okay to Celebrate the Death of Rush Limbaugh — or Should We Let the Dead Judge the Dead?
Rush Limbaugh was a persistent son-of-a-gun, by which I mean he persisted at being an…
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Rep. Kinzinger Rejects Judgmental Family Letter But He’s No Cure for Evangelical GOP Authoritarianism
This week, Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger, one of only ten Republicans in the House of…
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Liberty University’s In-House Conversion ‘Therapist’ Retires, But Will the Christian School Cease This Discredited Practice?
On January 13, Liberty University, the world’s largest and most notorious fundamentalist college located in…
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When White Terrorism Goes Unpunished: Trump’s Acquittal and the Persistence of Anti-Blackness
In the end Donald Trump didn’t have to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue. He went…
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