Dr. Jeffrey J. Kripal has been advocating for the field of religious studies to not only take reports of alien abductions and ...

Since the election, there’s been a bipartisan effort in Congress to push legislation that could have a significant impact on ...

While rising anti-Muslim violence and sentiment in India has been making global news since Hindu nationalist prime minister ...

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Apocalyptic approaches to immigration policy are nothing new for Trump, who launched his first presidential campaign in June 2015 by announcing his (perhaps theological) intention to “build a great, ...

If the polls are right, then the majority of Christian voters will cast their lot with Donald… ...

In an expected move, the leading organization of the far-right “constitutional sheriffs” movement has endorsed the incoming Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. In a press release this week ...

On August 16, 1971, White House Counsel John Dean circulated a confidential memo to Nixon loyalists titled “Dealing with our Political Enemies” which proposed a plan for the administration to best ...

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