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Q&A with Rachel Ellis, author of In This Place Called Prison
Nov 13 2023
In This Place Called Prison offers a vivid account of religious life within an institution designed to punish. Rachel Ellis conducted a year of ethnographic fieldwork inside a U.S. state women’s prison, talking with hundreds of incarcerated women, staff, and volunteers. Through their stories, Ellis
Q&A with Kyle Smith, Author of Cult of the Dead
Dec 01 2022
A cultural history of how Christianity was born from its martyrs.Though it promises eternal life, Christianity was forged in death. Christianity is built upon the legacies of the apostles and martyrs who chose to die rather than renounce the name of their lord. In this innovative cultural history, K
How Christians Have Used Anti-Jewish and Anti-Muslim Rhetoric for Their Own Ends
Nov 18 2022
by David M. Freidenreich, author of Jewish Muslims: How Christians Imagined Islam as the EnemyAntisemitism is becoming increasingly overt—and so too is its close relative, anti-Judaism. To respond and resist effectively, we need to recognize the differences between these two forms of rhetoric, w