Hollis Phelps

Hollis Phelps is an associate professor of interdisciplinary studies at Mercer University, in Macon, GA. He writes regularly on the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.

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Religion Dispatches

Will Evangelicals Vote for a Non-Christian Trump? If They Don't, the Vatican May Fall to ISIS

Did Pope Francis just throw a wrench into Donald Trump’s machinations to win the evangelical vote? Referring to Trump’s “plan” to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, the Pope suggested…

Hollis Phelps

February 18, 2016

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Religion Dispatches

Do Psychedelics Offer a Path To The "God Within"?

“Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Timothy Leary’s famous exhortation still influences our view of so-called psychedelic or hallucinogenic substances. We might associate psychedelics with the excesses of…

Hollis Phelps

February 5, 2016

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Religion Dispatches

It Is About the Hijab: Wheaton College and the Narrowing Criteria for Evangelical Belonging

Larycia Hawkins, a tenured political science professor at the evangelical stalwart Wheaton College, was placed on administrative leave this past week after donning a hijab to express solidarity with…

Hollis Phelps

December 17, 2015

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