Men Without Guns: A Tribute to Larry McMurtry
“Shooting fish in a barrel.” “Loaded for bear.” “Bring in the big guns.” Many West…
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The Breaking of Biblical Womanhood: The Problem With the Hot New Book Taking Aim at the Subjugation of Women in Evangelicalism
As the Mississippi sun drenched my parents’ stately living room, I strained with anticipation from…
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Rick Santorum Breezes Past the Genocidal Foundation of White Christian Nationalism
Andrew Seidel’s piece on RD discusses Rick Santorum’s racially incendiary remarks about Native Americans and…
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Claiming That ‘We Birthed a Nation From Nothing’ CNN’s Rick Santorum Gives a Master Class in Christian Nationalism: An Open Letter to CNN
Dear CNN, Many questioned your decision to hire Rick Santorum as a senior political commentator…
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What’s Wrong with Taming the Tongue? ‘Gossip’ and the Limits of Evangelical Abuse Prevention Efforts
As has become increasingly clear to outside observers in recent years, conservative evangelicals don’t exactly…
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Good News: Religious Outreach Works On Vaccine Hesitancy. Bad News: We Need It.
A new report from PRRI on religious attitudes toward Covid vaccination contains much that makes…
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Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm
There was a little “post-racial America” in the air Tuesday after a jury found former…
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In ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Hopper Needs to Leave His Christian-Reaganite Indy Jones Hat Behind
Screen Rant reporter Cathal Gunning has a beef with Stranger Things 3—and understandably so. In…
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Beyond White Reasonable Doubt: Why I Cannot Fully Celebrate the Verdict Against [Let His Name Be Erased]
“I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray” – Prince …
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What’s the Matter With Jewish Studies? Sexism, Harassment, and Neoliberalism For Starters
When our colleagues in Jewish Studies courageously publicized the systematic and decades-long sexual harassment and…
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