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What inspired you to write Masculinity and the Making of American Judaism ? There’s a story I tell near the beginning of the book: I was in the midst of researching and writing the book, and a group…

Of all the religion-and-politics takes on Doug Jones’ victory over Roy Moore—and there are many—one of the most obscure sticks out the most. It comes in the midst of a discussion by independent…

If we should change from a mixed aristocracy to mere democracy, first we should have no warrant in scripture for it: for there was no such government in Israel … A democracy is, amongst civil…

Stories of sexual abuse and misconduct are, of course, nothing new. The matter changes. So do the punishments and the means of restoration or reconciliation. When Oedipus, the legendary Greek king…

Over the past decade, sectors on the Right have been making a concerted effort to mobilize county sheriffs to support and expand systems of racialized social control and expulsion. With COVID-19…

Last weekend, I joined thousands of people of faith in praying for LGBTQ justice in anticipation of Tuesday’s oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Last month, I…

If nothing else, Tuesday’s oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case make clear that the ghosts of the pre- Obergefell world—indeed of the world before the Court’s 2003 decision against sodomy…

A Political Research Associates Briefing Paper In Three Parts Part One Outside the Boston federal courthouse a photographer discretely snaps pictures of certain persons entering the building. In the…

The love between Donald Trump and white evangelical Protestants remains strong according to a new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute. Nearly three-quarters of all white evangelical…