MRBlog | Playing The Prophet: Michael Eric Dyson, Cornel West, and The True Black Prophet
By Thomas J. Whitley By now you’ve no doubt heard about (and hopefully read) Michael Eric Dyson’s epic 10,000-word excoriation of Cornel
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MRBlog | What Was Michael Eric Dyson Doing?
By Ryan T. Woods I read Michael Eric Dyson’s stunning impeachment of his erstwhile friend and advisor in The New Republic with great interest.
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MRBlog | Indiana and The Economics of Religious Freedom
By Thomas J. Whitley On Monday the state of Indiana hired the public relations firm Porter Novelli. This will not come as
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MRBlog | Rand Paul is Running for President (And Against Radical Islam)
By Thomas J. Whitley Rand Paul, Republican senator from Kentucky, announced today that he is running for the President of the United
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MRBlog | New Black Godz: Kendrick Lamar and Tupac
By Timothy Michael Law MRB editor Monica Miller introduces a new series at JSTOR Daily. New Black Godz is a new column that considers the manner
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MRBlog | Indiana’s Religious Freedom Bill and The Power of the Public Transcript
By Thomas J. Whitley The Religious Freedom Restoration Act just signed into law in Indiana by Gov. Mike Pence has received a flurry
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MRBlog | Why How We Define Religion Matters
By Thomas J. Whitley The Washington Post has a new venture called Acts of Faith. I was alerted to this via a Twitter notification
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MRBlog | What Can We Learn From the “Utah Compromise”?
By Thomas J. Whitley The anti-discrimination bill just passed in Utah is being hailed as the Utah Compromise and as a model for other
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When Is A Beard Just A Beard?
By Thomas J. Whitley On February 8, 2013 Samuel Mullet Sr, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a spate of
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MRBlog | ISIS: What’s a Poor Religionist to Do?
By Aaron W. Hughes ISIS presents scholars of religion with a real problem. Rather than use the Islamic State as an opportunity to
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