No, Amy Coney Barrett Won’t Surprise Anyone
I’m guessing T.M. Luhrmann was trying to be reassuring. In a piece published Tuesday in The Atlantic,…
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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
Note: For readers directed here by the newsletter, we apologize for the incorrect link. Read…
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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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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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Even Calling the Debate a ‘Shitshow’ Normalizes the Threat to Democracy
CNN’s Jake Tapper is a highly conventional and thus highly respected news anchor. The Daily…
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Is the Prochoice Religious Community a Sleeping Giant?
You could be forgiven if, after watching the 2020 Democratic and Republican party conventions, you…
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