Michelle Goldberg

Michelle Goldberg, a contributing editor for Religion Dispatches, is the author of The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World (Penguin, 2009), and the New York Times bestseller Kingdom Coming: The Rise of The contemporary idea that America was founded as—and was intended by God to be—a Christian nation. Learn more .

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Religion Dispatches

The Surprisingly Short History of Popular Yoga

Last month, a yoga class at the University of Ottawa that was cancelled amid accusations of cultural appropriation made a quiet return to the class schedule. The controversy initially erupted in…

Andrea R. Jain

Michelle Goldberg

February 22, 2016

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Religion Dispatches

Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-Sided Explores the Dark Side of Positive Thinking

A new book reveals the historical roots and conservative uses of the positive thinking movement, showing how it encourages victim-blaming, political complacency, and a culture-wide flight from realism.

Michelle Goldberg

February 3, 2012

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Religion Dispatches

Making Up Your Own Truth (Video)

In the latest diavlog in RD’s collaboration with Bloggingheads.tv, Anthea Butler and Michelle Goldberg discuss the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, Christian militias, the GOP’s spiral of extremism, and more.

Michelle Goldberg

April 12, 2010

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