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Stephen Young

Stephen Young teaches about religion, politics, and ancient culture in the Department of Language, Literatures, and Cultures at Appalachian State University. He is the author of numerous academic articles about about biblical literature, the study of religion, modern evangelicalism, and the Museum of the Bible. Follow him on Twitter: @SLYProfessor

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Religion Dispatches
Last week saw another clash about women’s (in)equality play out online between leaders in evangelical Christian culture. In the clamor for the high-ground of evangelical legitimacy, something happened…
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Religion Dispatches
Within hours of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, the Republican House Rep and Trump ally Matt Gaetz gave a speech in the House chamber. This is the same chamber that had been under siege by a…
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Religion Dispatches
In her excellent book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny , the philosopher Kate Manne coined the term Himpathy , which she defined as “the excessive sympathy sometimes shown toward male perpetrators of…
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