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There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin. - Linus van Pelt The Trump era changes everything, including how I view Halloween cartoon…

The United States is suffering through an epistemic crisis. From day to day it seems increasingly difficult to know the truth with real certainty. The nation’s leadership came to power atop a wave of…

In the wake of catastrophic destruction in Puerto Rico Lin-Manuel Miranda, the force behind Hamilton, has used theological rhetoric, declaring that Trump was “going straight to hell” for his lack of…

Even as Trump threatens to withdraw federal aid from storm-devastated Puerto Rico, ranting on twitter as he witlessly embraces the villain’s role in this ongoing tragedy, heroes have emerged—even…

As Donald Trump exited the stage after addressing the 2016 Values Voter Summit (VVS) in Washington, DC a year ago, the Rolling Stone’s “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” blasted from the speakers.

The Trump administration’s latest gift to its far-right, white conservative Christian base is the DOJ’s “religious freedom” memo, which is actually a pair of documents purporting to instruct all…

Nobody’s perfect. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Paul wrote to a Christian community in Rome. It’s an important verse in American evangelical Christianity. Because all have…

Much has already been written about the dangers Roy Moore—Alabama’s infamous “10 Commandments judge”—could pose if he wins the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions. But given Moore’s swift…

Thinking about the place of violence in American civil religion helps solve a perplexing theme in the debate over professional athletes’ protests.

The bishops helped radicalize white Catholics to be favorable to Trump—which they were, with 60 percent backing him despite all-but-explicit condemnations by Pope Francis: