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Megan Goodwin

Megan Goodwin is senior editor for Religion Dispatches, nerd-in-chief at Feral Nerd Consulting, and media & tech consultant for The Crossroads Project. Goodwin is the author of Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions (Rutgers 2020). With Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, she cohosts Keeping It 101: A Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion Podcast; their first co-authored book, Religion Is Not Done With You, is now available through Beacon Press. Her next project is tentatively entitled Cults Incorporated: The Business of Bad Religion. Find her on twitter @mpgPhD or bluesky @mpgphd.bsky.social.

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Religion Dispatches

Before Leaving Office Biden Announced the ERA Should Already Be 28th Amendment — If it is, Could it Be Used to Protect Trans People?

Although it has since been removed from the White House website, on Friday afternoon, with seconds remaining on his presidential clock, Joseph Robinette Biden announced (noticed?) that the Equal…
Megan Goodwin
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Religion Dispatches

Time Bandits: How Christianity Takes Your Time (And What It’s Doing With It)

Our new book, Religion Is Not Done With You , came out on Election Day — and what a day it was. We knew the title would be true no matter what happened, but YIKES. And sure enough, religion —…
Megan Goodwin
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst
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Religion Dispatches

Phoning It In: 'Heathen' Isn't a Neutral Religious Description — It's Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US

Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! (I am, in fact, so busy that we have not played this game in two years . Welcome…
Megan Goodwin
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