Professor of media and religion, University of Colorado Boulder. I study the co-dependency of religions and media. Mastodon: @Meloneer2003@indieweb.social
Joined January 2009
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Well worth a read… theconversation.com/as-goes-…
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The evangelical/integrationist right has finally noticed (and is obviously nervous about) James Talarico…
And by the way, has anyone else noticed how the WashPost’s editorial page is increasingly resembling the old Arizona Republic?
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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The evangelical/integrationist right has finally noticed (and is obviously nervous about) James Talarico as a potential alternative voice for Christianity in the discourse (they’ve had the monopoly for soooo long!).
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Hmmm.. David French finally noticed Jeff Sharlet…. The problem of the Christian assassin messaging-custom-newsletters…
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Pleased to see the arrival of the Second Edition of my book *Religion in the Media Age* from Routledge in London…
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Mt. McKinley from the air this morning. The Gods have decreed that we won’t see it again until Trump changes the name back to Denali…
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Sure its fine as long as we keep remembering that, as a discipline, evonomics is moral theology masquerading as social science… nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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This interpretation of these results is misleading…the study is comparing 2014 and 2024 results and the decline has continued…but a ten year time gap doesn’t really help us understand actual trends…
religionnews.com/2025/02/26/…...
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A great loss…always very supportive and a mentir at important points in my career. So generous…
rblandmark.com/2025/02/26/re…
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Oh great… the guy who bankrupted casinos and an airline is going to run the Post Office….
Trump says he may take control of the US Postal Service. Here's what to know apnews.com/article/trump-pos…
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The naked racism of MAGA on full display….Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate | Reuters reuters.com/world/us/trump-a…
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So typical of MSM treatment of Democrats: stage the long “Hamlet” of policy estrangement from the working class without the “Prince“ of the Republican Party that made nearly every move Weismann infers as preferable impossible to carry out. nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/po…
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Risk factors: 1. Access to guns and explosives 2. Muscle truck owner 3. Lifelong Texan 4. Isis flag on vehicle…take your pick
nytimes.com/live/2025/01/01/… via @NYTimes
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nytimes.com/2024/11/10/opini… via @NYTOpinion.
OK, Ezra…let’s say you’re right…so then from this perspective why not point to one potentially decisive factor: the fact of Trump himself and his cathartic effect on his base? What happens when he’s NOT on the ballot in 2026?
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Is this possible? substack.com/@dashdobrofsky/…
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George Will seems to lack a moral compass…or at least one not encrusted with decades of economic hectoring l…Between Harris and Trump, it’s hard to tell who’s worse on economic matters washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Samuel Alito purports to be the great champion of religion in US public life. Yet he has shown himself, again and again, to be profoundly ignorant about American religion other than his own Catholic faith... In fact, SCOTUS does not exactly bristle with enlightenment....
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