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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

End Times on the National Mall

Masquerading as official publications, Rededicate 250 featured ideas once relegated to fringe websites.
Unlike the coverage of so many of its transgressions, reporting on the Trump administration’s “ America-themed prayer rally ,” known officially as Rededicate 250, was largely accurate. Event…
Karen E. Park
Emma Cieslik
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The White House burns during the War of 1812
Religion Dispatches

MAGA Marathon Uses Bible Like a Magical Talisman

The event featuring the president seems designed to magically ward 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…
Karen E. Park
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