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Kaya Oakes

Kaya Oakes’ fifth book, The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life’s In Betweens to Remake the World, was published in December 2021. She teaches nonfiction writing at UC Berkeley.

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Religion Dispatches
Neither an idealized Christian past nor a narrative that envisions a persecuted Christian future are going to create real and lasting communities.
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Religion Dispatches
Believer is not your average religion documentary, offering an outsider’s view of the spectacle of belief. Instead, Reza Aslan’s upcoming “spiritual adventure series” for CNN follows this noted Muslim…
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Religion Dispatches
Popularity in public figureheads is fleeting. As the newly-elected president enters office with the lowest approval ratings of an incoming president in 40 years and contentious elections prepare to…
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