

Empathy Walls: Understanding Oppressed People Who Love Trump
There isn’t much point in sending readers of this little blog to Reading Religion , the American Academy of Religion’s review portal—I...
Jun 24, 201910 min read


Hip-Hop Music, 24-Hour Gun Ranges, and Hog Shit
I was dismayed to learn that the Trade Lake Township board appears (at least temporarily) to be backtracking on its promise—voted under...
Jun 22, 20192 min read


Hog Farms Vs. Clean Water, Quality of Life, and Their Own Promoters' Self-Interest
In few days I head to my summer writing place, a log cabin in the Wisconsin north woods where my mom grew up. It's about halfway between...
May 7, 20194 min read


Against the Stereotype of End-Times Believers as Fatalistic
In both classes I am teaching this term, I heard matter-of-fact comments about how end-times theologies correlate with “fatalism”—which...
Apr 7, 20196 min read


Ashamed...in a Land Where Justice is a Game
Trump's friend and co-gangster Paul Manafort has received a 47 month sentence for multiple crimes. That's a slap on the wrist from a...
Mar 10, 20193 min read


Dog Park Sex and Why “Refereed Vs. Non-Refereed” Doesn’t Measure Quality
My previous post explained why “refereed” publications—those vetted by expert academic gatekeepers—do not reliably signal scholarly...
Oct 9, 20189 min read