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Stephen Young

Stephen Young teaches about religion, politics, and ancient culture in the Department of Language, Literatures, and Cultures at Appalachian State University. He is the author of numerous academic articles about about biblical literature, the study of religion, modern evangelicalism, and the Museum of the Bible. Follow him on Twitter: @SLYProfessor

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Religion Dispatches
In her excellent book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny , the philosopher Kate Manne coined the term Himpathy , which she defined as “the excessive sympathy sometimes shown toward male perpetrators of…
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Religion Dispatches
According to classic interpretations of the Jewish and Christian Bibles, a Canaanite deity named Moloch demanded the sacrifice of children. There is a long history of writing about this bloodthirsty…
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