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Recommended Reading: Fighting Flesh & Blood
"Dehumanizing rhetoric precedes acts of political violence."
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BREAKING: AP reports SBC is under investigation by DOJ.
The full AP write-up was published by WaPo here. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Southern Baptist Convention says it is under investigation by Department of Justice. — Mike Balsamo (@MikeBalsamo1) 9:37 PM ∙ Aug 12, 2022 “ NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention said Friday that several of the denomination’
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From the Archive: David Bazan
Enjoy this 2017 interview with the Pedro the Lion frontman
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Precedented Unprecedentism
The Reality of Contemporary Life
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New op-ed at RNS
About the use of "Christian nationalist" in political speech
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Monday Morning Reading List
Some interesting articles from across the web.
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6 Years of Exvangelical
6 years ago today, I published the first teaser episode of Exvangelical. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to speak to so many people who have left white-evangelicalism on the show, online, and in-person. At this time of year, I’m always filled with immense gratitude for whatever small
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✍🏻 Garbage Day | "Building a new Titanic on the deck of the old one"
Ryan Broderick at Garbage Day, writing this mic-drop burn about Instagram (emphasis mine): "You used to be able to say that Instagram was a photo app. Way back in the early 2010s, an Instagram spokesperson told me that it was a “museum for your life” 🙄. But you simply cannot
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✍🏻Men Yell At Me | Raising Up an Army for God
This is an entry from Marginalia, a section of my Substack where I share interesting stories published elsewhere (think of it as old-school linkblogging). Most of these are published directly to the web, but I will begin sending weekly digests in the near future. Check out PEP’s About page
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✍🏻Platformer | Ev Williams gives up
Over at Platformer, Casey Newton writes about Twitter & Blogger co-founder Ev Williams moving on from his most recent company, Medium. “Williams frequently spoke of his desire to make Medium a place for high-quality writing, one that elevated the national conversation. His annual appearances in the New York Times proclaiming
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❌As white evangelical hegemony ended, white Christian nationalist minority rule began.
An audio adaptation of two recent essays.