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Religion Dispatches

"Exvangelical" Podcast: Safe Space for Those "Living In, Leaving, or Coming to Terms With" Evangelicalism

In June 2015, I asserted here on RD that “we need to listen to the voices of those who have been harmed by the fundamentalist tendencies in evangelicalism,” and that “we need to center the voices of…
Chrissy Stroop
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Religion Dispatches

Manchester—Last Gasp of a Failing Terror Movement?

The suicide attack by Salman Abedi outside the Manchester arena that killed 22 young people out on a fun evening on the town was claimed by ISIS. On the other hand, the terrorist movement of the…
Mark Juergensmeyer
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Texas' Anti-LGBT Adoption Bill Is Unconstitutional and Unnecessary, Say Texas Law Professors

Nine sitting law professors at major universities in Texas have drafted an open letter to lawmakers in their state who just approved a controversial “religious freedom” bill that would allow state…
Sunnivie Brydum
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 A Pence Presidency Would Give Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Vision a Run for its Money

Talkin’ ‘bout my generation.
Diane Winston
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Religion Dispatches

What Does Repentance Look Like For the White Church?: A Conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper

We are four months and counting into the administration of one of the least qualified people ever to assume the presidency—and the key demographic that ushered him into the White House, white…
Deborah Jian Lee
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Shelby Balik

Political Research Associates
Shelby M. Balik is an Associate Professor of History at Metropolitan State University of Denver who specializes in early American religion. She is currently working on her second book, Family Religion…
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Religion Dispatches

Religion as a Front for Tyranny: A Roundtable on the Timeliness of Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale"

Are we worse off than when “The Handmaid’s Tale” was first published?
Anita Little
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Religion Dispatches

Even Amid Controversy, 'My Soul Still Sings,' Says UMC's First Lesbian Bishop

The first out lesbian bishop consecrated by the United Methodist Church has long known that her path would lead to ministry. Bishop Karen Oliveto first felt the call when she was just 11 years old…
Sunnivie Brydum
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Religion Dispatches

Irony Really is Dead: GOP Plans to Send Adulterous Third Wife of Serial Philanderer as Ambassador to Vatican

The Republican Party has maintained a death-grip on protestations of moral authority on matters of sexuality for most of my adult voting life. Since the Reagan administration we have seen a party that…
Patricia Miller
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How "Race Tests" Maintain Evangelical Segregation

Comedian John Crist’s YouTube sketches lampooning Christian subculture have gained notoriety largely due to the repetitive one liners that tap directly into the core of American Christianity writ…
Joshua L. Lazard
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