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Persecution, Martyrdom, and Christian Identity: 7 Questions with Jason Bruner

January 28, 2021 Leave a Comment

Jason Bruner For Christian readers, especially those who are familiar with the literature on anti-Christian persecution, I would frame it this way: In whose suffering is Christ present, and why?

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Natural: How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science

November 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

Alan Levinovitz Should we value what’s natural or not? When is it okay and when is it not okay?

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Religious Exoticism and White Utopias: 7 Questions for Amanda J. Lucia

November 01, 2020 Leave a Comment

Amanda J. Lucia That autoethnographic experience reinforced to me the ways in which these scenes privilege healthy and wealthy bodies, which also interfaces with their propensity toward whiteness.

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What if Satanists Want to Pray in Public Schools? 7 Questions for Joseph P. Laycock

February 11, 2020 2 Comments

Joseph P. Laycock We held a book release party where a Satanist gave the horns and yelled, “Hail Joe!” at me.

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Reconstructing Kiowa Cosmology: 7 Questions for Benjamin R. Kracht

May 30, 2018 Leave a Comment

Benjamin R. Kracht During the summer of 1935, field party director Alexander Lesser and five graduate students—Jane Richardson (Hanks), William Bascom, Bernard Mishkin, Donald Collier, and Weston LaBarre—interviewed approximately thirty-five Kiowas born in the mid-nineteenth century about indigenous Kiowa culture.

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Investigating Moderate Islam: 7 Questions for Rosemary Corbett

May 17, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rosemary Corbett In other words, violence and coercion aren’t just what supporters of moderate religion seek to combat, they’re also what supporters (particularly state actors) of so-called moderate religion use as a means to achieve certain ends.

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Discovering Holy Dirt: 7 Questions for Brett Hendrickson

May 09, 2018 Leave a Comment

Brett Hendrickson The sacred kind of piles up at the Santuario.

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Colonial Violence, Sacred Power, and Gods of Indian Country: 7 Questions for Jennifer Graber

May 03, 2018 Leave a Comment

Jennifer Graber A crucial part of the Kiowa survival story is that they survived American occupation and ritual interactions with sacred power–as well as adaptation of those rituals.

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Sifting Through Hip Hop, Literature and Religion: 7 Questions for Alejandro Nava

April 20, 2018 1 Comment

Alejandro Nava Besides resurrecting ancient poetic traditions of the bard or griot, and adopting the creative vernacular of black folklore, radio DJs, church preachers, street corner poets, and Jamaican artists, hip hop strikes a more ominous and apocalyptic tone.

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Civil Religion and Foreign Policy: 7 Questions for Walter McDougall

April 06, 2018 Leave a Comment

Walter A. McDougall At length I gained insight, not because I somehow “figured it out,” but because the historical truth imposed itself on me.

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