History Channel’s The Bible Keeps Conservatives (Mostly) Happy and Jesus White
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Portrayals of the bible like this latest miniseries don't just materialize out of thin air.
View ArticleYes, Virginia, There Were Cannibals
Life in the Jamestown colony, pious as colonists were, was more hell than heaven.
View ArticleBush Era to Blame for Renewed Interest in Mainline?
From the Transcendentalists to Alcoholics Anonymous, yoga and “the gospel of Oprah.”
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Just as I finished Karen Armstrong’s Fields of Blood, which is a very extended attack on...
View ArticleThere’s No Business Like the Bible Business: 200 Years of the ABS
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View ArticleWhite Conservative Christian America Not Going Down Without a Fight
A vortex of news stories concerning the upcoming GOP convention, platform, and Trump coronation—placed together...
View ArticleKafkaesque Reality Show Known as the RNC Kicks Off
The kickoff to the reality show known as the Republican National Convention went off as...
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You know your summer is not going well when Donald Trump chooses your birthday to...
View ArticlePhyllis Schlafly (1924-2016) Paved the Way for Trump
In the end, the empire she created struck back.
View ArticleTrump Doesn’t Need to “Pivot” if Evangelicals Do it For Him
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View ArticleNew History Finally Recognizes Afro-Creole Spiritualists
To the Afro-Creole Spiritualists of New Orleans, spirits were important, raced bodies were not.
View ArticleWhy the Lewd Trump Tapes Won’t Matter (As Much As You Think) in White...
"Killary" must be stopped or the Republic will cease to exist.
View ArticleThe Morning After in Colorado
White evangelicalism and white nationalist theology remain a potent brew, provided their voters can be mobilized in large numbers.
View ArticleDid the “Real America” Elect Trump?
"We, as a culture, have to stop infantilizing and deifying rural and white working-class Americans."
View ArticleYear-End Best Books in Race and Religion in American History
With all the memes wishing a good riddance to 2016, and John Oliver’s epic send-off...
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