Tag: Religion
The complicated legacy of the Pilgrims is finally coming to light...
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ voyage to Plymouth will...
What the Falwell saga tells us about evangelicals and gender roles
Leslie Dorrough Smith, Avila University
Jerry Falwell Jr. may well be wishing that a photo with his underwear showing and his arm around the waist...
Stella Immanuel’s theories about the relationship between demons, illness and sex...
Brandon W. Hawk, Rhode Island College
President Donald Trump has a new favorite doctor.
On July 27, the president and his son Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted...
Zounds! What the fork are minced oaths? And why are we...
Kirk Hazen, West Virginia University
What in tarnation is “tarnation?” Why do people in old books exclaim “zounds!” in moments of surprise? And what could...
How to be as safe as possible in your house of...
Claudia Finkelstein, Michigan State University
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released what it calls “general considerations” on safe actions for reopening houses...
Uprisings after pandemics have happened before – just look at the...
Susan Wade, Keene State College
As a professor of medieval Europe, I’ve taught the bubonic plague, and how it contributed to the English Peasant Revolt...
A justification for unrest? Look no further than the Bible and...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder and Samuel L. Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder
The civil unrest seen across the United States following the killing...
A world without sports
Lars Dzikus, University of Tennessee
Baseball’s opening day came and went. The Olympics have been postponed. Football in the fall? Don’t count on it.
With COVID-19...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
