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Samuel L. Perry

Samuel L. Perry is an assistant professor sociology and religious studies at the University of Oklahoma. His research focuses on the changing dynamics of American religion, politics, race, families, and sexuality. He is the author of numerous articles and 3 books, the most recent of which is Taking America Back for God: The contemporary idea that America was founded as—and was intended by God to be—a Christian nation. Learn more in the United States (with Andrew Whitehead).

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Religion Dispatches
Last week at White House Conference on American History, President Trump responded to what he called the “left-wing indoctrination” rampant within the public school curriculum. He took aim at the New…
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Religion Dispatches
Among the more surprising inclusions at the 2020 Republican National Convention was Patricia and Mark McCloskey, the white couple from St. Louis who brandished guns at Black Lives Matter protestors…
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Religion Dispatches
Admittedly, Trump’s initial references to “the Chinese Virus” earlier in March seemed rather ad-hoc. Though clearly xenophobic in context and implication, it seemed that Trump was casually parroting…
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