Applaud If You Must, But Let’s Not Forget the Reason Bethany Christian Agreed to LGBTQ Adoption
Recently the news dropped that the Michigan-based Bethany Christian Services, a large and influential conservative…
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‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Has a ‘Real Religion’ Problem
Religion is a frequent guest star on Bravo’s The Real Housewives franchise—who could forget Kyle…
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Dispatches From the Rhodian Shore: A (Tough) Love Letter to Religious Studies
When writing as critical scholars of religion about the impacts and role of religion in…
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Are We Living in a Simulation? Bad Religion, Bad Media Combine in New Doc, ‘A Glitch in the Matrix’
Brother Laeo Mystwood looks at the camera, his body obscured by a 3D avatar. He…
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Stop Trying to Save Jesus: ‘Fandamentalism’ Reinforces the Problem of Christian Supremacism
If you’ve spent much time around fandoms, online or off, you’ve surely heard something like,…
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Where Were They Radicalized? No Answer is Complete Without Addressing Evangelical Churches and Schooling
As the United States prepares for the end of a nightmarish one-term presidency that seemed…
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The University of Vermont Might Be Done With Religion, But Religion Isn’t Done With Us
In case you missed it: Religion has had quite a year. The Muslim Ban celebrated…
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Christian Right Claims to be ‘Above Politics’ Are Unbelievable
Have you ever noticed that for hardline ideologues, only their opponents are “doing politics,” while…
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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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Fundraising for Kyle Rittenhouse Reveals American Christianity’s White Supremacy Problem
Christianity has long had a white supremacy problem. The Kenosha aftermath has just made it…
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