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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Media Analysis, OMFG, Racial Justice, Sex/Gender/JusticeMay 13, 2022

‘Pregnant Women’ or ‘People Who Can Get Pregnant’: How Do We Balance Recognition of Anti-Abortion Misogyny with the Erasure of Transmasculine People?

By Chrissy Stroop

Over the same period in which advocates of reproductive justice have been fighting a rearguard…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Christian Nationalism, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyMarch 29, 2022

Gary North (1942-2022) Sought to Deny Religious Liberty to ‘the Enemies of God’ — But He Was Willing to Wait Patiently For The Revolution to Develop

By Frederick Clarkson

If you’ve never heard of Gary North that may be because he wanted it that…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeMarch 7, 2022

The Same Toxic Christian Right Theology Supports Both the Online Bullying I Experienced and the Cruel Anti-Trans Policy in TX — And it’s Not Remotely Fringe

By Chrissy Stroop

In late February, I went through an episode of online bullying that made me feel…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial Justice, Religious LibertyJanuary 24, 2022

As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort

By Robert P. Jones

In Florida, a state senate committee wants to make it illegal to cause discomfort to…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Racial JusticeJanuary 4, 2022

Facing White Christianity’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection

By Robert P. Jones

On Jan. 20, 2021, President Joe Biden became the first commander in chief to use…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeOctober 27, 2021

Evangelicals Continue To Speak Over, But Not To Ex-vangelicals

By Chrissy Stroop

Christianity Today magazine just can’t seem to leave exvangelicals alone. On October 19, they published…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Politics/LawSeptember 7, 2021

Bill Mill-ennialism: Arkansas’ End Times Politics May Be Coming to a State Near You

By Frederick Clarkson

It was the best of the end times. It was the worst of the end…

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Archive, Books, New Books, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeAugust 30, 2021

The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’

By Randall Balmer

The Religious Right’s most cherished and durable myth is its myth of origins. According to…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Racial Justice, Sex/Gender/JusticeJuly 21, 2021

Satanic or Systemic? Promise Keepers Are Back and Looking to End Racism Via ‘Trickle-Down Racial Reconciliation’

By A. E. Brooks-Key

This past weekend at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, marked the official public return of…

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Archive, Books, New Books, Racial JusticeJuly 7, 2021

Critical Race Theory is Just the Latest Battle — ‘The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy’

By Christopher D. Cantwell

Last month, the internal politics of the Southern Baptist Convention became national news after Ed…

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