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

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

April 7, 2026

Anti-Muslim

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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…

Karen E. Park

January 15, 2026

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Posters of Renee Good in Minneapolis read: American Mom Murdered by ICE

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Of Course It Was Shit

Calling Trump's "No Kings" AI video droppings 'brown sludge' misses the religious significance

The AI video reposted by Donald Trump in response to the No Kings marches has been called everything from “juvenile” to “unhinged.” But as both Michelle Goldberg and Anne Applebaum have pointed out…

Karen E. Park

October 22, 2025

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