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David Krueger

David Krueger is an independent scholar, author, and educator based in Philadelphia who writes about American religious history, violence, myths of origin, and popular religious culture. He received a ThM from Princeton Theological Seminary and a PhD in religion from Temple University. He is the author of Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America (University of Minnesota Press, 2015). He is also a radio host with Marginalia Review of Books and serves as a deacon at the Arch Street United Methodist Church in Philadelphia.

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Religion Dispatches
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in the midst of a massive building campaign to serve the estimated 14 million Mormons throughout the world. Of the 81 temples currently in the U.S…
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Religion Dispatches
The 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia came to an end last night with Hillary Clinton’s speech, in which she accepted the presidential nomination. Clinton, of course, was the star of…
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Religion Dispatches
From Blood Eagle to Blood Libel to “Wilding,” myths of the violent Other have underwritten violence across centuries.
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