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<\/a>Eric A. Weed writes on politics, race, and religion. He has a Ph.D. in Theological, Ethical, and Historical Studies from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL. In addition, he has a Master of Theological Studies from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts in Religion from The Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Beyond his academic work, he serves on the Wisconsin Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church\u2019s Commission on Religion and Race. His book The Religion of White Supremacy in America<\/i>\u00a0is set for release by Lexington Books in Fall 2017.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric A. Weed writes on politics, race, and religion. He has a Ph.D. in Theological, Ethical, and Historical Studies from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL. In addition, he has a Master of Theological Studies from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts in Religion from The Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Beyond his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":5461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[851],"tags":[859],"class_list":["post-5460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-r3-contributor","tag-eric-weed"],"yoast_head":"\n
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