History Matters: On the 400th Anniversary of Plymouth We’re Still Clinging to Destructive National Myths
Within William Bradford’s massive work, Of Plymouth Plantation, composed between 1630 and 1651 while he…
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Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP
Thirty-five years before Donald Trump descended the escalator of his gaudy Manhattan skyscraper to launch…
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A Locked and Loaded Covenant: The Religious Roots of America’s Gun Culture
Garry Wills was being only slightly ironic when he wrote (in the wake of the…
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No, CNN, Saudi Arabia and Iran Have Not Been Fighting For “1,000 Years”
Yesterday, after the ISIS attack on Teheran, this astonishing paragraph appeared in a CNN article:…
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What a Forgotten 19th Century Suffragist Can Teach Us About Women’s Rights vs. The Religious Right
19th century women’s rights activist Matilda Joslyn Gage sought equal rights for all, but only by rethinking religion.
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When God and Gender Mix: New Book Examines the Southern Holiness Movement
Historian Colin Chapell’s latest book explores gender in the South through the lens of the Holiness movement.
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The Untold Story of Religious Support for Gay Rights
Historian Heather White on the surprising role of Protestantism in the story of LGBT justice in the U.S.
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Will This Relic Change Our Whole View of Early American History?
It’s a news story that contains the ingredients of a paperback thriller, the sort of…
Read MoreWho Are the Waldensians and Why Did the Pope Ask for Their Forgiveness?
Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones/Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold……
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Could a Real Life Jurassic Park Help with Climate Change?
In the storerooms of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, in Connecticut, there’s a…
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