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Still looking for a fun and exciting summer activity? Have you thought about ghost hunting? I earned my PhD studying ghost hunters in the contemporary United States. Ghost hunters are people, often…

On June 15 th , the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth is the result of emancipation delayed by Confederate control over Galveston, Texas…

A dream shared by many will finally come to fruition Sunday night when the April 4 anniversary of Dr. King’s murder serves as a springboard for reflection on King’s radical vision for a transformed…

As Passover approaches this weekend I often reminisce about how, as a young child, the highlight of my Easter weekend wasn’t watching the Greatest Story Ever Told , The Robe , or other classic Easter…

This Religious Freedom Day, January 16 th, we want to highlight the idea that religious freedom is inescapably linked with reproductive freedom. We cannot fully have one without the other. Religious…

This week, amid Democratic victories in Georgia’s Senate runoffs and a Christian nationalist attempt to overturn former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory in November’s presidential election, the…

Especially for people deemed “too political” (a label I’ve worn proudly for decades), this has been one Hell of a year. It’s the pandemic effect, obviously, but it’s more than that. While 2020 may be…

Like many areas in American life, the symbols of Christmas are haunted by the specter of race hovering in the background. Personally, I’m totally comfortable with Santa Claus being depicted as white…

Within William Bradford’s massive work, Of Plymouth Plantation, composed between 1630 and 1651 while he was occasional governor of the colony, there’s no mention of the eponymous rock upon which the…

The six white men who lead the seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention released a joint statement on November 30 th denouncing Critical Race Theory. Specifically, they “declare that affirmation…