The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
The Religious Right’s most cherished and durable myth is its myth of origins. According to…
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Beyond ‘Thoughts and Prayers’: How the Christian Right’s Politics of Providentialism Keeps America from Addressing Gun Violence
In order for the GOP leadership to continue to do nothing on guns they need loyal foot soldiers to deliver messaging that appeals to their base. What this messaging, familiar to those of us who grew up in the Christian Right, tells us about the “soul” of the Republican Party is not pretty.
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Faith-Baiting in Minnesota and Elsewhere Follows the “Project Blitz” Playbook
It’s election year in the United States and an episode from the very recent past…
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“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business
Religious freedom has been much in the news as the Trump administration has rolled out…
Read More“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business
Launched initially in 2015, Project Blitz brings something new and dramatic to the Christian Right as it continues to mature as a political movement—especially in light of its electoral advances in state governments over the past decade.
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Why America’s Handmaid’s Tale Doesn’t Look Like Hulu’s
Nothing like a Handmaid’s Tale revolution is going to happen. Probably.
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Why Hulu’s “Handmaid’s Tale” May Be the Wrong Adaptation for Trump Era
The following was originally published on April 25, 2017. The upcoming release of Hulu’s Handmaid’s…
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Anxiety About Homosexuality and Apocalyptic Worldview is An Old Marriage: 10 Questions for the Author of Visions of Sodom: Religion, Homoerotic Desire, and the End of the World in England
What inspired you to write Visions of Sodom: Religion, Homoerotic Desire, and the End of the…
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It’s perhaps a sign of the times that two of the four articles in the…
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The Religious Right Has Come Out of the Closet
There’s a certain satisfaction for those of us who came of age at the time…
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