What Does Satanism Have to do With QAnon?
Outsiders to the QAnon conspiracy system evolving over the past few years may be confused…
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QAnon Didn’t Just Spring Forth From the Void — It’s the Latest From a Familiar Movement
If you’ve been online at any point in the past year—if not, welcome!—your aimless clicks…
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In Time of Crisis Christians Must Reject Charlatans and Magical Thinking
In scary and uncertain times, many people turn to higher powers—for good reason. Christians like…
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Watching the Trump Admin’s Coronavirus Response is Like Watching a Bumbling Cult
I want to say that reading this Politico piece on the Trump administration’s predictably botched…
Read MoreCue the Kool-Aid: Watching Jonestown Docs in the ‘Fake News’ Era
Documentaries have always been artificial constructs blurring the line between fact and fiction, but new developments have changed the stakes.
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In a Time of Irrational Fear and New Media: The Deadly ‘Dance Plague’ at 500
The deadly “dance plague” of 1518 took place in a rapidly changing world where suddenly old verities were in question and a new media brought all manner of unconfirmed, superstitious ideas. Sound familiar?
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New World A-Coming: How Black Religion Helped Shape Racial Identity
What inspired you to write New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity During the…
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Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap
Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies: “It is a consequence of our discipleship to uphold the gift of marriage as God has designed it.”
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Status Updates at the End of the World: The Religious Imagination and Our Latest Apocalypse
Revelations abound. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires crowd the news, alongside genocide, terrorism, and rogue state…
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Orthodox TV Channel Offers Gays One-Way Ticket Out of Russia; And More in Global LGBT Recap
Madrid hosted the massive WorldPride and an affiliated human rights conference this week. Among those…
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