Growing up in modern American evangelicalism, I have my fair share of cringey memories. Like the time I wore my smug t-shirt that cleverly disguised the name “Jesus” as the Reese’s logo. Or the time I was the only kid in my religion class who knew what the word “incarnation” meant, and all the kidsContinue reading “American merit monger”
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Fundie
I recently listened to the podcast, “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling,” which explored not only the author’s journey from beloved to blacklisted, but also the psychology behind fundamentalism, and yes, witch hunts.* Fundamentalism is classically defined as a strict belief in the literal interpretation of Scripture, but it has been applied to mean strictContinue reading “Fundie”
Katie Bertola 