MRBlog | Two Reviews of Risen (2016)
Religious Studies professors at my institution (Rhodes College) were recently offered tickets to an advanced screening of Risen (Sony 2016). My colleague and I
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MRBlog | Donald Trump, Pope Francis, and the Death of Nuance
By Thomas J. Whitley Pope Francis made waves on his plane today when he said that Donald Trump is not Christian. Well, that’s not
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MRBlog | Christian First, American Second: On Prioritizing (and Performing) Presidential Identities
By Thomas J. Whitley Back in September 2015 presidential candidate Ben Carson said that for a Muslim to be president “you have to
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MRBlog | Pleasing the Lord in Oregon
By Thomas J. Whitley By now you’ve likely heard of the armed occupation of a federal wildlife building in Oregon. It has made
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MRBlog | Donald Trump’s Bible
(Why Donald Trump’s “Love” of the Bible is Not Incompatible with Him Knowing Next to Nothing about its Contents.) By Sarah Rollens Republican
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MRBlog | Why Rick Santorum Thinks a Muslim Ban is Constitutional and Why It Matters
By Thomas J. Whitley During the “undercard” GOP Debate Tuesday night, Rick Santorum made a comment about Islam that seems to have been
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MRBlog | When Prayer Is Not Enough
By Thomas J. Whitley It was “just another day in the United States of America. Another day of gunfire, panic and fear.” This
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MRBlog | Muslims and Republican Mythmaking
By Thomas J. Whitley Move out of the way, Red Scare, we’re on to a new enemy. Communism is no longer a
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MRBlog | #ParisIsBurning: On Recent Representations of Terror
By Sarah Rollens Whenever a devastating act of terrorism occurs in Europe or America, many scholars of religion cringe, knowing that often it
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MRBlog | Think of The Children: Mormon Church Draws Boundaries Tighter on Same-Sex Marriage
By Thomas J. Whitley Back in March of this year, I wrote about the “Utah Compromise,” the anti-discrimination bill passed in Utah for
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