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Excremental Empire
John Gregory Bourke’s "Scatalogic Rites of All Nations" and the American West.
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Benjamin Breen
on
September 8, 2017
partner
How The Culture Wars Destroyed Public Education
The left's Pyrrhic victory in the culture wars.
by
Andrew Hartman
via
Made By History
on
September 5, 2017
Talking God in the United States
What are Americans really talking about when they talk about religious freedom?
by
Rachel Gordan
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Los Angeles Review of Books
on
August 31, 2017
America's First Addiction Epidemic
The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.
by
Christopher Finan
via
Longreads
on
August 29, 2017
Orphan Utopia
The story of a spiritual visionary who in 1884, set out to create a colony of orphans in the New Mexico desert.
by
Reed McConnell
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Cabinet
on
August 15, 2017
Atheists in the Pantheon
Leigh Eric Schmidt profiles the nineteenth century's notable "village atheists."
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Joseph Blankholm
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Public Books
on
August 14, 2017
The Freedom to Choose Your Religion Comes With a Price
In a new book, a historian explores the American fascination with conversion, and its costs.
by
Lincoln Mullen
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Emma Green
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The Atlantic
on
August 12, 2017
What Politicians Mean When They Say The United States Was Founded As A Christian Nation
Today's Christian nationalists and liberal secularists both oversimplify the history of the nation's founding.
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Sam Haselby
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Washington Post
on
July 4, 2017
The True Story of the Fight for Religious Equality in the US
The U.S. Constitution guaranteed freedom of religion, but the fight for religious equality was only just beginning.
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Richard D. Brown
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Aeon
on
June 28, 2017
The Artifacts of White Supremacy
Why fiery crosses, white robes, and the American flag were seized upon by the 1920s Klan in its campaign for white nationalism.
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Kelly J. Baker
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Religion and Culture Forum
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June 14, 2017
A “Thorough Deist?” The Religious Life of Benjamin Franklin
Historian Thomas S. Kidd examines the tension between Benjamin Franklin's deism and his frequent religious rhetoric
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Thomas S. Kidd
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Age of Revolutions
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June 5, 2017
The Most Successful First 100 Days Of An Administration Didn't Belong To Who You Think
Dwight Eisenhower did more in his first hundred days than change laws—he changed a culture.
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Esquire
on
April 27, 2017
Finding North America’s Lost Medieval City
Cahokia was bigger than Paris — then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why.
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Annalee Newitz
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Ars Technica
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December 13, 2016
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American as Pumpkin Pie: A History of Thanksgiving
Why Pilgrims would be stunned by our "traditional" Thanksgiving table, and other surprising truths about the invention of our national holiday.
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BackStory
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November 25, 2016
Freedom vs. Liberty: Why Religious Conservatives Have Begun to Chose One Over the Other
Religious "freedom" and "liberty" have always had different connotations.
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Stephanie Russell-Kraft
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Religion Dispatches
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October 12, 2016
American Secular
The founding moment of the United States brought a society newly freed from religion. What went wrong?
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Sam Haselby
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Aeon
on
May 26, 2016
Supersized Christianity: Protestant Megachurches in America
Megachurches represent an enduring model of ecclesial organization in Protestantism.
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Joshua D. Ambrosius
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Dissertation Reviews
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April 26, 2016
TIME's 'Is God Dead?' Cover Turns 50
How the April 8, 1966, cover of TIME set off a firestorm.
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TIME
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April 8, 2016
Our Pungent History: Sweat, Perfume, and the Scent of Death
Throughout the long and pungent history of humanity, smelling healthy has been as delightful as it has disgusting.
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Hunter Oatman-Stanford
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Collectors Weekly
on
March 8, 2016
Bernie Sanders Bids for Jewish History
The Vermont senator isn’t religious, but a victory in Iowa or New Hampshire would be the first ever for a Jewish presidential candidate.
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Russell Berman
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The Atlantic
on
January 27, 2016
partner
Islam and the U.S.
What does it mean to be Muslim in America? And how has the practice of Islam in the U.S. changed over time?
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BackStory
on
December 18, 2015
When Hawaii Was Ruled by Shark-Like Gods
19th century Hawai‘i attracted traders, entrepreneurs, and capitalists, who displaced, a flourishing and elaborate culture.
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Patrick Vinton Kirch
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New York Review of Books
on
December 3, 2015
The King’s Chapel and the King’s Court
Richard Nixon, Billy Graham, and their White House church services.
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
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July 7, 2015
Technology and Apocalypse in America
Some sects of Christian belief have long held that various forms of technology were signs of an approaching apocalypse.
by
Daniel Salas
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The Appendix
on
August 27, 2014
The Man with the Million Dollar Voice
The mighty but divided soul of C.L. Franklin.
by
Tony Scherman
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The Believer
on
July 1, 2013
The Reds Under Romney’s Bed
The most ambitious social experiment in American history that until 1877, explicitly rejected the core values of Victorian capitalism.
by
Mike Davis
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Los Angeles Review of Books
on
October 25, 2012
The Festive Meal
There once was a time when Yom Kippur was a time to eat, drink, and be merry.
by
Eddy Portnoy
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Tablet
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September 24, 2009
partner
The Truth About Thanksgiving Is that the Debunkers Are Wrong
A response to claims that the First Thanksgiving was not a "thanksgiving" as the Pilgrims understood it.
by
Jeremy Bangs
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HNN
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September 1, 2005
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War.
by
Robert Wilson
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The American Scholar
on
December 2, 2024
The Puritans Were Book Banners, But They Weren’t Sexless Sourpusses
From early New England to the present day, censors have acted out of fear, not prudishness.
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Peter C. Mancall
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Zócalo Public Square
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November 25, 2024
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