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MRBlog | DISPATCHES. NEH Summer Institute on Problems in the Study of Religion (pt. 1) by Sarah E. Rollens

June 6, 2016

By Sarah E. Rollens On May 31, the NEH Summer Institute on Problems in the Study of Religion was convened at the University ... [Read More]

MRBlog | The Emoji Bible and Bourgeois Legitimation

June 3, 2016

By Thomas J. Whitley Not many things related to the Bible get me excited these days. It’s not that the Bible’s not interesting, ... [Read More]

MRBlog | North Carolina’s “Bathroom Bill” is a Defining Struggle

May 10, 2016May 10, 2016

By Thomas J. Whitley What is often overlooked in our commentaries on the struggle for money and power is that these are ... [Read More]

MRBlog | What Jews Kvetch About When They Kvetch About Bernie Sanders

April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

By Sandra Fox How the Democratic candidate for President is the newest pretext for an old debate over acceptable American Jewish identity In ... [Read More]

MRBlog | Amoris Laetitia in 140 Characters or Less

April 11, 2016April 10, 2016

By Sarah “Moxy” Moczygemba Catholics and non-Catholics alike eagerly awaited the publication of Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia. Released April 8th at noon Vatican ... [Read More]

Homo Religiosus?

April 4, 2016April 4, 2016

By Thomas J. Whitley In 1704, Peter Kolb travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in his capacity as an astronomer and mathematician. ... [Read More]

MRBlog | Invoking Francis: Bernie on the Border

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016

By Sarah “Moxy” Moczygemba Religion and the religious language used by candidates and their supporters is a common topic of debate and analysis during ... [Read More]

MRBlog | OPINION: Rev. Barber’s Moral Movement to Reconstruct Democracy By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016

Writing for the New York Times, Charles Blow recently confessed a sense of dread that many Americans feel in this year’s Presidential campaign: “Sometimes ... [Read More]

MRBlog | Donald Trump’s Dangerous Nativism

March 10, 2016November 16, 2016

By Thomas J. Whitley Cue the outrage. Donald Trump has once again said something offensive and indefensible regarding Islam. The man who called ... [Read More]

MRBlog | DISPATCHES. In Line for Donald J. Trump by Charles Halton

March 2, 2016March 3, 2016

Charles Halton talks with people waiting for a Trump rally A week or two ago I heard that Donald J. Trump was staging a ... [Read More]

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