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John W. Morehead

John W. Morehead (MA, Salt Lake Theological Seminary) is Director of the Western Institute for Intercultural Studies, and Director of the Evangelical Chapter of the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy. He is co-editor and contributing author for Encountering New Religious Movements: A Holistic Evangelical Approach, the editor of Beyond the Burning Times: A Pagan and Christian in Dialogue, and co-founder and co-editor of the Sacred Tribes e-journal.

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Religion Dispatches
Christian nationalism and white nationalism have some common concerns, but they shouldn’t be conflated in their differing narratives and responses to Muslims and other immigrants.
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Religion Dispatches
For evangelicals like Steve Matthews, Burning Man embodies deep-seated fears which can also be seen playing out in other aspects of American culture. Many conservatives fear that America is undergoing decay, and this is taking place in the spiritual realm as well. A lingering economic malaise, coupled with our continued cultural fascination with apocalyptic scenarios, provides a context in which Burning Man functions as a Rorschach test.
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Religion Dispatches
AMC’s Walking Dead crosses the blood-brain-soul barrier.
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