Religion, Conservatism, and American Public Life: 2016 – by Benjamin Rolsky
Is Trump Archie Bunker? With less than a week before the election, political pundits and academic commentators are scrambling for the latest polling
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MRBlog | Is Hillary Clinton a Heretic?
By Thomas J. Whitley Hillary Clinton is a heretic. Or, at least this is what CNN’s Religion Editor Daniel Burke would have
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Omid Safi on American Muslims and the 2016 Election
Professor Omid Safi reflects on the choices facing American Muslims in light of the 2016 Presidential election. Safi is a columnist for On Being and
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Impolite Conversation #17: The “God Gap” and Final 2016 Campaign Thoughts
This month on Impolite Conversation, we talk with a scholar who wants to challenge the conventional wisdom on the “God gap,” and then
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Subtle Censorship? – by Nausikaä El-Mecky
Nausikaä El-Mecky on the censorship of art and a scandal in Slovakia It’s not so easy to get rid of controversial art these days.
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First Impressions # 95: Eva Mroczek on the Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity
There was no such thing as the Bible when ancient Jewish literature was composed. With a more expansive view of sources, we can
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MRBlog | Creating Race
By Thomas J. Whitley We can definitely define the race of people. So said North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory back in May in
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First Impressions # 94: Claire Chambers on Britain Through Muslim Literary Representations
What does Britain look like from the perspective of Muslims across the eighteenth century until today? Kristian Petersen talks with Claire Chambers, Lecturer
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MRBlog | Religious Cover for an Aspiring War Criminal
By Charles Halton On July 28, 2016 conservative evangelicalism’s most prominent ethicist threw his support behind a presidential candidate who repudiates practically
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MRBlog | Saint Donald of Trump Tower?
By David G. Hunter Last Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation Trump advisor, Rudy Giuliani, responded to questions from John Dickerson regarding
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