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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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Bodies Down, Bible Aloft: A Humanist Take on Scripture and Trump’s Photo Op

June 08, 2020 1 Comment

Anthony B. Pinn I agree that if the Bible is to maintain any relevance, a reading of the Bible against the Bible is required—that is to say a poetic turn that dismantles and deconstructs, that renders uncomfortable those tied to restrictive codes of being and well being.

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Disturbing Deaths and National Disunity

May 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

Gary Laderman The national body politic is dead, another corpse that, perhaps in this case, doesn’t deserve a public ceremony but instead is rotting publicly before our very eyes.

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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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Eddie Glaude on Black Religious Life and Politics: Parts 2 and 3

November 01, 2017 Leave a Comment

Glaude discusses here how African-American religious life can facilitate a response to political problems and he introduces a key concept called the “value gap,” or, “belief that white people are valued more than others,” from his latest book Democracy in Black. 

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Eddie Glaude on Race and The American Soul: Part 1

October 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

Beginning with a distinction between African American religions and African American religious life, Professor Glaude explains how black religious life and thought have historically entered public discourse to mediate matters of race and justice.

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Liberalism, Mass Media, and the Anatomy of American Cultural Warfare

September 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

L. Benjamin Rolsky In no uncertain terms, one could argue that “the personal is the political” established the epistemic foundations for what we today call the Culture Wars.

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Borders and Walls

April 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. But borders are not sources of human crisis. . . until one tries to build a wall.

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Maybe It’s Colbert’s Fault

December 16, 2016 1 Comment

Stephanie Brehm Supporters claim Trump does not mean everything he said on the campaign trail; that he will not do half of the abhorrent things he spewed. But do they believe that in part because our comedians, the funny, ironic truth-tellers were for so long invested in perpetuating truthiness?

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The Power of Names

December 12, 2016 Leave a Comment

Hussein Rashid While some of this discussion may seem to be semantic, it is about the power of naming. The questions of power and control depend on the ability to name. Without proper naming, we see conflict where there is none, and read politics as theology.

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