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Karen E. Park

Karen E. Park is the co-editor of American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism (Fordham, 2024). She writes the Ex Voto newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free here.

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Religion Dispatches

MAGA Marathon Uses Bible Like a Magical Talisman

Seeking to 'multiply spiritual health' this Bible-reading marathon featuring the President seems more interested in magically warding off enemies.
America Reads the Bible , a week-long, Bible-reading marathon, is taking place right now, at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. This reading of the whole (KJVER) Bible, from Genesis to…
Karen E. Park
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America Reads the Bible Founder, Bunni Pounds, promotes the event in video still
Religion Dispatches

Trump's 'Praise Be to Allah' Easter Taunt Should Be Immediately Recognizable to U.S. Christians

Let's consider the crucifixion for a moment.
When Donald Trump closed his obscene Easter morning call for war crimes with the words “Praise be to Allah” it wasn’t a prayer, it was a taunt. And it’s a taunt that should have been immediately…
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Religion Dispatches

Thrift-Store Bibles and the Execution of Renee Good

The seeds of the misogyny are found in some of the most glittery places
Renee Nicole Good’s extraordinary award-winning poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs” contains a line I keep coming back to: i’ve donated bibles to thrift stores (mashed them in plastic trash bags…
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Posters of Renee Good in Minneapolis read: American Mom Murdered by ICE