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Evan Derkacz

Executive Editor of Religion Dispatches

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Evan Derkacz has been the editor of Religion Dispatches since its launch in 2008, before which he was an editor at Tikkun magazine and AlterNet. When not busy editing pieces on evicting white Jesus or the ex-president’s theological devotion to border walls, he has served as a judge for foundation grants, the National Magazine Awards, and the Webby Awards; consulted for the Social Science Research Council’s religion and digital media programs; and led workshops for scholars seeking to write for the broader public. His writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, AlterNet, The Huffington Post and elsewhere. 

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Jews Violate Their Own Beliefs, Conservative Christians Say

A group of interdenominational conservative Christian clergy (plus professor) quietly released a statement on Passover/Good Friday titled, “Now Is the Time to Talk About Religious Liberty.” Now…
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Jesus Backs Gender Equality at the Oscars

In her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress, Patricia Arquette called for equal rights for women, specifically calling for wage equality… …which, as many noted, had Meryl Streep and J-Lo…
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Tsarnaev Trial: Catholics Need Not Apply?

Last week on RD, Anthony Santoro presciently wrote: Since nearly half of six million residents identify as Catholic, however, a sizable number of potential jurors—those who follow the Church’s…
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