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Tony Keddie

Tony Keddie is Assistant Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at the University of British Columbia. His new book, Republican Jesus: How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels, will be released in October, 2020.

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Netflix’s Iranian 'Messiah' Is a Gift to Trump and His Evangelical Base

Amid horrific natural disasters and a global refugee crisis, an Iranian menace emerges. This might summarize the news cycle at the start of 2020, but it’s also the premise of Netflix’s controversial…
Tony Keddie
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Religion Dispatches

Prosperity Gospel Prayers Aren’t Sufficient to Save Hurricane Victims

When we hear religious conservatives using the language of “prayers” and “favor” as a disaster strikes, it’s important to recognize that this pious rhetoric conceals neoliberal politics that impede the work of government institutions of disaster management.
Tony Keddie
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Religion Dispatches

How a Bill O'Reilly Bestseller Helps Explain the Anti-Semitism Behind the Poway Shooting

O’Reilly and Dugard’s interpretation of the gospels in Killing Jesus was motivated by the same politics of resentment that Trump inherited from the Tea Party—a politics of fiscal, ethnic/racial, and religious conservatism.
Tony Keddie
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