America Appears to be Heading for a Religious Civil War
Civil war is coming to America. At least that’s the view sizable numbers of Americans…
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Holocaust Humor and The ‘Real’ Germany — As Top Officials Shatter Post-WWII Taboos, German Conservatives Follow GOP Playbook and Charge Ahead
Germany has often been lauded for its memory culture and its reckoning with its fascist,…
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From Civil Rights Liberals to New Age Conspiracy Theorists — What Betty and Barney Hill’s Alien Abduction Story Reveals About America
In 1961, driving back from a short vacation, Betty and Barney Hill encountered a bright…
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‘Sit Down and Be Quiet’ — MAGA Attack on Jewish Republican Exposes Christian Nationalism’s Shaky Commitment to Pluralism
Max Miller isn’t the person you would expect to condemn Christian ‘bigotry’ on Twitter. A…
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Overnight Sensation ‘The Rich Men North of Richmond’ isn’t Just a Window into a Forgotten America — It’s an Invitation into a Worldview
An anthem is more than a song. An anthem is a representation of a people…
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What Role Should Religion Play in the Public Square? — A Black Christian and a Black Secular Humanist Debate and Discuss
While the nation’s highest court and one of the two major parties have been busy…
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Following Republican Playbook, German Conservatism Breaks the Post-WWII Taboo
It was the one taboo in German post-World War II politics: No German party on…
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How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism — An Interview
Earlier this year, on his Straight White American Jesus podcast, RD’s Bradley Onishi spoke with…
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From Christian Temperance to D.A.R.E. — The War on Drugs Has its Roots in White Christian Nationalism
Ana Marie Cox recently noted in The New Republic that conservative legislators in Florida and…
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How Christian Theology Created the Need to Assert that Black Lives Matter
The Republican Party’s primary race is filling up with candidates crusading against “wokeness,” particularly in…
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