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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
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…
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Religion Dispatches
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
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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