Adam McDuffie The system is broken from top to bottom.
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Vaughn A. Booker African American religious practices of celebrating Duke Ellington, for example, chart the new lives—or afterlives—that these deceased musicians gain from those left to interpret their legacies anew.
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Sacred American Values in Pandemic Times
Gary Laderman Where will Americans put their faith in this unprecedented time of crisis?
Mass Death Moments
Gary Laderman Sadly, human history is full of examples of “mass death,” often tied to war and disease, that are usually pivotal periods for living communities.
Derek Webb Beyond Belief
Phillip Luke Sinitiere If folk music historically has been an artform of creative social critique, then analysis of Webb’s musical art and artistic production more generally can serve as a collective lens through which to peer into the complex threads of contemporary religion, culture, and politics in the United States.
What if Satanists Want to Pray in Public Schools? 7 Questions for Joseph P. Laycock
Joseph P. Laycock We held a book release party where a Satanist gave the horns and yelled, “Hail Joe!” at me.
David Wojnarowicz’s Christ: Symbols of Hope, Corruption, and Violence
How Group Identities Work: 7 Questions for Michael Altman
Michael J. Altman First, I’d want readers to understand that when “we” talk about “them” over there (whether in India or, say, the Middle East) we are really talking about what it means to be “us.”