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

Why Virginia Governor's 'God is Everywhere' Statement isn't a Simple Answer to Those Who Want to Worship Together

On December 12, Bishop Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles founder of Word on Fire , a “nonprofit global media conglomerate,” and social media superstar , tweeted a video…

Karen E. Park

December 22, 2020

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Religion Dispatches

If Something About Trump's Bible Photo-Op Felt Familiar There's a Good Reason

Along with many Americans, I watched with shock and fear as President Trump left the White House on foot yesterday, crossed H street to Lafayette Square Park, and stood in front of the recently…

Karen E. Park

June 2, 2020

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How a 15th Century Book on Witchcraft Helps Make Sense of Trump's Bizarre Baby Execution Story

When Trump claims that women and their doctors are wrapping, rocking, and then cruelly executing babies, he is engaging in a complex narrative rhetoric designed to both titillate and mobilize those in power against those whom they hate.

Karen E. Park

April 29, 2019

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