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Murali Balaji

Murali Balaji, Ph.D. is the founder and principal of Maruthi Education, a diversity and inclusion consulting firm that focuses on cultural competency. A Fulbright Specialist, former journalist, and author of several books, he has taught at Temple University, Penn State University, and Lincoln University, where he served as Chair of the Department of Mass Communications.

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Religion Dispatches

The 'C' Word: What We're Missing When We Talk About 'White Privilege'

Author, scholar and activist Khyati Y. Joshi has been one of the seminal voices on race and religion. Ever since her groundbreaking New Roots in America’s New Sacred Ground nearly 15 years ago, Joshi…
Murali Balaji
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Religion Dispatches

Christianity Today's 'Humble' Hindu-to-Jesus Conversion Story is Still a Story of Christian Triumphalism

When I was a freshman at the University of Minnesota in the 1990s, I was working out on a bench press at the gym when a fellow student came over and asked if he could help me with the heavier weights…
Murali Balaji
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Religion Dispatches

After Synagogue Attack, Some Evangelicals Finally Owning Their Part in White Christian Nationalism

Taking ownership of an ideology that has spawned—and will continue to spawn—extremist groups or lone wolves might be the best to way to eradicate it.
Murali Balaji
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