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Thinking about the place of violence in American civil religion helps solve a perplexing theme in the debate over professional athletes’ protests.
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Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale triumphed at the Emmys last night, capping a culture-grabbing comeback for Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel. But if we’re still casting about for literary maps of what…
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What inspired you to write PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical Empire? I was fascinated by how fast PTL grew and how quickly it fell apart. What I really wanted to know…
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Author Daniel Grano answers RD’s 10 Questions
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Author Michelle Lelwica answers RD’s 10 Questions
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Religion Dispatches
There’s a lot happening in Hopkinsville, Kentucky the weekend of August 18. The town is hosting cast members from The Walking Dead and JEM at a local Comic Con; the director of the Vatican Observatory…
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Religion Dispatches
The Arch City Religion Project is one of the latest digital means of mapping (and remapping) American Christianities and American religions more broadly.
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Religion Dispatches
It’s possible, I guess, that contracts are being signed in blood at Condé Nast headquarters. But I doubt it.
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“The shallow connections you facilitate and use to milk people out of some cash, also makes them less likely to participate in the actual justice work that would eliminate poverty and injustice.”
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Religion Dispatches
The house was more than just a clever marketing ploy, it was an innovative vehicle for movement-building.
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