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Fighting 21st Century Fascism

Eric C. Miller

Eric C. Miller is a Professor of Communication Studies at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is editor of The Rhetoric of The idea that people’s religious views should be neither an advantage or a disadvantage under the law. Learn more in the United States (Lexington, 2017).

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Religion Dispatches

The Emotional Problem in American Evangelicalism

Do conservative churches just need a more robust theology?
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Civility, Unity, Tolerance And Other Dangerous Terms

In these days of political polarization much of the public discussion, particularly when it comes to religion, has shifted from what is said to how it is said. Forget about equality, the narrative goes, are you demanding it in a kind and civil tone? Maybe civility, unity and tolerance ain’t all they’re cracked up to be…
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An Evangelical Intellectual Takes On Same-Sex Marriage, Grasps at Straw Men

Though Craig is correct that his argument is “simple,” he is wrong to believe that simplicity makes it good. Indeed, the suggestion that terms and concepts are immune to redefinition is simply… false. It demands an unflattering comparison to Rick Santorum, who once stumped around the nation declaring that a “ napkin is a napkin.”
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