An open thread and a reminder of the strangely relevant “Stennis compromise.” Read more
September 23, 2019
Smart people saying smart things (9.23.19)
September 23, 2019 By Fred Clark
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You’d be smart to listen to Kate Marvel, Zak Cheney-Rice, Damon Young, Michael Twitty, and Ana Lucia Araujo. Read more
September 19, 2019
The weirdly innocent part of the Jerry Falwell Jr. scandal
September 19, 2019 By Fred Clark
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Falwell’s loudest, angriest denials focused on an “accusation” that didn’t involve any harm or wrongdoing. But he had to pretend he did not commit a pretend sin. Read more
September 18, 2019
Please watch ‘Unbelievable’ you’re welcome
September 18, 2019 By Fred Clark
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The Netflix series based on the Pulitzer-winning article “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” forces us to see something unbearable, but also points to a better way. (It’s really good.) Read more
September 17, 2019
The Painters for Christ
September 17, 2019 By Fred Clark
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While my brother, to this day, has never explicitly admitted nor categorically denied it, it was always widely assumed that he was behind the “Painters for Christ.” Read more
September 16, 2019
‘Just put it on my bill’
September 16, 2019 By Fred Clark
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The sexual “purity culture” embraced by white evangelicals can’t be separated from the sex-obsessed, all-American ideology of racial purity. Read more
September 15, 2019
Rebooting …
September 15, 2019 By Fred Clark
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(Me and the blog, both.) Read more
September 6, 2019
LBCF, No. 247: ‘Another award-winner’
September 6, 2019 By Fred Clark
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Once again, what these books portray as “prophecy come to life” is a mass of implausibilities and impossibilities that require a world filled with humans who behave in ways that no humans ever have or ever would. Read more
September 5, 2019
Why isn’t the Space Force in the Bible?
September 5, 2019 By Fred Clark
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Looking for America in the Bible isn’t merely a howling anachronism, it’s a narcissism that won’t allow readers to seek or to find anything but their own reflection. Read more
September 4, 2019
‘I’m a locksmith. And I’m a locksmith’
September 4, 2019 By Fred Clark
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“They get mad. They get so mad.” We can’t avoid their defensive anger, so let’s lean into it. Plus: Jerry Jr., the Free Tract Society, and anachronistic Bible-reading. Read more
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