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Conversion Isn’t a Ticket Out of White Supremacy

How white converts to Islam can reinforce anti-Muslim bias

By Anna Piela

The Faith-Based Politics of El Salvador’s Millennial President

Over the past three years of the Bukele presidency, the millennial autocrat has instrumentalized religion and devotional behavior to appeal to both local and diasporic Salvadorans to generate approval and bolster his legitimacy.

By Amy Fallas

The Religious and Anti-Chinese Roots of “Replacement” Theory

Anti-Chinese hate took vicious and violent forms. Religion was at the heart of it.

By Kathryn Gin Lum

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Dobbs and Fetal Personhood

The uncertain status of unborn life in Dobbs offers an opportunity to Americans who will now be forced to discuss the morality and law of abortion on the state level.

By M. Cathleen Kaveny

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The Women Left Behind by the Pro-Life Movement

Could it be that in their quest to validate the personhood of an unborn child, the pro-life movement has diminished the personhood of a woman?

By Beth Allison Barr

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The Supreme Court Is Decimating Public Education as a Common Good

When religious minorities embrace public money for their own private schools, they provide ample cover for white conservative Christians to decimate secular public education.

By Ronit Y. Stahl

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Separation of Church and State Has Always Been Good for Religion

The decree of those six justices wasn’t just anti-American – it was also anti-religious.

By Ed Simon

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Banning Nancy Pelosi from Communion May Have Backfired

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone banned Nancy Pelosi from receiving communion in his San Francisco diocese. But his real showdown is with Rome and the other bishops.

By David Gibson