New Report on (White) Christian Nationalism and the J6 Insurrection Shows Just ‘How Dire the Threat is’
Readers who follow my work will be aware of my conviction that neither the press,…
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Do Stormy Daniels’ Beliefs in the Paranormal Make Her Unfit to Testify in Lawsuit Against Her Former Attorney?
Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who rose to prominence as a result of her…
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What Can a Real Life Haunting Tell Us About American Religion? [Updated]
While researching ghost hunters in the 21st century US during the course of earning my…
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Recognizing (the Long History of) Christian Witches May Be Key to Diversifying Witch Community
Last Tuesday, author and witch J. Allen Cross tweeted out some advice for white people…
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Is Being Trans a Religion? Why the Christian Right Wants You to Think So
Have you noticed how common it is for right-wingers to describe things they oppose in…
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Evangelical Prof’s ‘Biblical Comma’ Tweet Exposes Paradox of ‘Respectable’ Evangelical Anti-Intellectualism
After the Trump years and the January 6 insurrection, in which recognizably evangelical prayers and…
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Hulu’s ‘Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia’ Shows That We Can No Longer Ignore Connections Between Religion and Drugs
If surveyed about the relationship between religion and drugs, I’d wager that a majority would…
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Is Sex Outside Marriage Dehumanizing? The Problem with Tim Keller’s ‘Biblical’ Sex Ethic
There’s a reason Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in New York, enjoys…
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Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
Are conservative, mostly white evangelicals, finally losing control of their narrative in the public sphere,…
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I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
For readers of RD, Anthea Butler scarcely needs an introduction. Since 2009, shortly after RD’s…
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