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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Our Father, Who Art Our Mother: The (Open) Secret Queer History of God
Michelangelo’s iconic God the Father image, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, draws…
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Conservative Evangelical Eric Metaxas, Doing Twitter Theology, Claims ‘Jesus Was White’
When Eric Metaxas tweeted that “Jesus was white” on Monday the small corner of Twitter…
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‘Cancel Culture’ Is as Old as Religion, And It’s Only a Thing Because of Who’s Doing the Cancelling
I don’t understand “cancel culture.” I mean, I understand what people mean, but I don’t…
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Before We Scold DeSean Jackson and Others For Anti-Semitism We Need To Talk About ‘Chosenness’
Over the past week, two prominent African-American celebrities have been condemned for promoting anti-Semitism because…
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Hey Hey, Ho Ho White Jesus Has to Go… But The Issue is More Complicated Than You Think
As a child growing up in Louisville, Kentucky in the late 1970s a curious painting…
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Keepers of History or Dangerous Idols: The Case Against Statues From an Unlikely Source
High above the nine living justices of the Supreme Court, carved atop the marble columns…
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Love the Scholarship But Hate the Scholar’s Sin?: ‘Himpathy’ for an Academic Pedophile Enables a Culture of Abuse
In her excellent book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, the philosopher Kate Manne coined…
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The Facts About ‘Sharia’ May Surprise You
Given the instant publicity of any reprehensible action taken in the name of “sharia law,”…
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‘Jesus is my Vaccine’ Has a Millennium-Long History Rooted in Antisemitism
In early April, the internet was entranced by televangelist Kenneth Copeland summoning the wind of…
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