Caroline Matas

Caroline Matas is a Postgraduate Research Associate in Religion in America at Princeton University. She studies contemporary American religious identity and media. She can be found tweeting @carolinematas.

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Religion Dispatches

New Patriarch, Same Patriarchy: Despite Glowing Praise For New SBC President, There's Just One Problem

In the midst of tense debates around race, gender, and partisan politics, the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention made waves by narrowly electing Ed Litton, a white Alabama pastor known for his…

Caroline Matas

June 25, 2021

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Religion Dispatches

Inside the Evangelical Beliefs and Practices that Facilitate Abuse in Families like the Duggars’

Last Thursday, Josh Duggar’s sexual misconduct once again brought his reality TV-famous family into the spotlight. The 33-year-old was arrested Thursday on federal charges of receiving and possessing…

Caroline Matas

May 4, 2021

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Religion Dispatches

Tony Perkins will Fit Right in at Religious Freedom Commission

While Perkins has expressed interest in using his new position as an opportunity to support “religious freedom and the defense of religious minorities,” he might find that the USCIRF actually doesn’t require a significant change in focus from his own preoccupations with Christians’ rights.

Caroline Matas

May 22, 2018

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