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Eric Vanden Eykel

Political Research Associates
Eric Vanden Eykel is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Ferrum College. Opinions expressed in this article are his own and may not necessarily reflect those of Ferrum College or others in the…
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Religion Dispatches

You Are Being Organized by Something: 10 Questions for Kathryn Lofton on Consuming Religion

What inspired you to write Consuming Religion? Restlessness. After I finished my first book, I realized quickly that I left several major questions without satisfying answers. First, why does…
Kathryn Lofton
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Religion Dispatches

Australian Church Nixes Straight Couple's Wedding Over Their Marriage Equality Support; and More in Global LGBT Recap

Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai lawyer and diplomat, cited health problems in resigning effective October 31 as the United Nations’ first independent expert charged with investigating violence and…
Peter Montgomery
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Religion Dispatches

You've Been Warned: Reading Philip Roth's The Plot Against America in the Trump Era

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…
Christopher Douglas
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Political Research Associates

Journal of Theology for Southern Africa: Special Issue on Sexuality in Africa

Co-edited by Dr. Kapya Kaoma
In July 2016, the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s highly reputable and peer-reviewed academic Journal of Theology in Southern Africa (JTSA) published its special issue on Sexuality in Africa edited by…
Kapya Kaoma
Religion Dispatches

Welcoming the Stranger: Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus Speaks Out on DACA

The Constitution doesn’t say “we the citizens,” it says “we the people.”
Kaya Oakes
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Religion Dispatches

Rev. Rob Lee Lost Congregation For His Anti-Racism Speech: Here's Why He Should Have Packed His Bags First

Liberal viewers of Monday’s episode of The View (scroll for video) may have been surprised to hear the story of Rev. Rob Lee, a young white, minister who was recently pushed out of his pulpit for…
Daniel Schultz
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Religion Dispatches

Trump's DOJ Wants Constitutional Protection for Wedding Cakes, Not LGBT People

Nine months into Donald Trump’s presidency, it should surprise no one to learn that his administration is going out of its way to restrict civil rights, rather than expand them. Nevertheless, a brief…
Sunnivie Brydum
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Religion Dispatches

More Than Big Hair and Money: Jim, Tammy Faye and the Media “Holy Wars” of the 80s

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…
John Wigger
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Religion Dispatches

A 14-Point Rebuttal to The Nashville Statement from a Straight Cis Christian Man

In the wake of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s “Nashville Statement,” RD published commentaries by Daniel Schultz, who called the manifesto “less of a theological statement than a…
Eric Reitan
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