A sermon honoring the legacy of the great Unitarian, abolitionist, and Senator Charles Sumner and the recent martyr to human rights, Renee Nicole Good.
Support Groundbreaking Work on Populism
In April Wayne State University Press will be publishing my book The Political Theologies of Populism: the Garveyites, the Klan, and the Wobblies, 1915-1930. Like a number of academic publishers, they require authors to pay for the rights of the illustrations. They also require authors to pay for indexing. The combined cost for both is approximately $3,000. I don’t have access to subvention funds...
Esta Navidad
My Nochebuena homily for 2025. Esta Navidad, cada Navidad, hay solamente un cuento. Es el cuento de un bebé y un milagro. Esta Navidad la historia es sobre un bebé que nace en un centro de detención de I.C.E. No, la historia es sobre un bebé que nace bajo las ruinas de Gaza. No, la historia es sobre un bebé que nace en un campo de re-fu-gia-dos en Sudán. No, la historia es sobre un bebé que nace...
A Fondness for Reading
A celebration of Jane Austen's 250th birthday!
Reclaiming Paradise: the Power of the Powerless
In this sermon on the dissenting tradition I reflect upon lessons from Václav Havel's text The Power of the Powerless and the importance of the free pulpit.
Paradise Lost: Religious Dissent in Times of Defeat
The November installment of the series "A Dissenting Tradition" focuses on how we might continue to dissent when the politics of cruelty are ascendent.
Dissent as a Family Value
In this next sermon on the tradition of religious dissent, I consider how dissent can be a family value.
Paradise, Now or in the Next World
The third sermon on the dissenting tradition focuses on dissenting from the politics of cruelty.
Eulogy for Remington Alessi
A eulogy for Remington Alessi, the Texas chainsaw lawyer.
Christian Nationalism and Liberalizing Religion in Texas
A report on a talk I gave for the European Center for Populism Studies is now online.