Why Amy Coney Barrett’s Religion is Fair Game
On Monday the Senate Democrats the subject of religion. During the first day of Appellate…
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‘Only Christopher They Acknowledge is Columbus’: The ‘Biblical’ Reason why Replacing Columbus Day is an Uphill Battle
With less than a month before the election, Donald Trump has once again turned to…
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The Religious Reason Many Americans Refuse to Wear Masks
Even in the most evangelical phase of my life, when I was a college student…
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The Tyranny of Politesse: Why Decency Does Not Require us to Wish Trump a Full and Speedy Recovery
Let me state for the record. There is no moral obligation to wish Trump 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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Thomas Jefferson’s Bible Rejected the Supernatural Jesus in Response to the ‘Stupidity’ of Those Who Deified Him
In 1820, at age 77, retired President Thomas Jefferson took a razor to four versions…
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Virginia Mollenkott: Warrior in the Battle for Evangelical Acceptance of Gays (1932-2020)
How do you start at Bob Jones University and end up one of the pre-eminent…
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Are Evangelicals Sweetness and Light or Enablers of Cruelty and Racism? Gender Roles Hint at an Answer
Have white evangelicals been unfairly demonized by scholars and pundits alike in the run-up to…
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Are Churches Making Americans More Racist?
America recently witnessed another display of the power of white supremacy in the failure to…
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A Link to Jewish History, RBG’s Iconic Collars Were a Beacon for the Marginalized
Sometimes, the only way forward in life is to take it stitch by stitch. Last…
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