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Michael Young, prominent on right-wing Twitter under the handle @wokal_distance, primarily for invoking 1990's nostalgia toward reactionary ends -Media Matters

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Book Cover for: Sermons on Different Subjects, Left for Publication by John Taylor: 1, John Taylor

Sermons on Different Subjects, Left for Publication by John Taylor: 1

John Taylor
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I think MaCarthurs answer is nonsense because his view of Marriage here is basically a Taylor Swift song (pic 1) but the quote isn't nearly what it's made out to be. As a pentecostal....I cannot tell you how pissed off I am that @R_Denhollander made me defend John Macarthur. https://t.co/NtSdN0wvEb

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Book Cover for: Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind, John R. Searle

Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind

John R. Searle
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2/ Can ve cleared up by reading two things: 1. The book "Intentionality" by John Searle. 2. The essay "Literary Theory and its Discontent" by John Searle (from the anthology "Theory's Empire." Once you read those you can see how Barr, Du Mez, McLaren, Gushee, and others...

Paperback, 1983

$72.00$47.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin's Gulag, Golfo Alexopoulos

Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin's Gulag

Golfo Alexopoulos
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@stillgray According to Golfo Alexopoulos in "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" the official numbers say 1.5-1.7 Million people died in Soviet Gulags. The real number is almost certainly far higher

Hardcover, 2017

$76.00$51.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: How to Be Gay, David M. Halperin

How to Be Gay

David M. Halperin
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@SwipeWright @againstgrmrs This is already a thing. Check David Halperin "How to be Gay" from 2012

Paperback, 2014

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Activist Theology, Roberto Che Espinoza

Activist Theology

Roberto Che Espinoza
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@NeilShenvi I think this is a good start. Patrick Cheng - "Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology" Robyn Henderson Espinoza - "Activist Theology" Linn Marie Tonstad - "Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics." Patrick Cheng - "Rainbow Theology: Bridging Race, Sexuality, and Spirit"

Hardcover, 2019

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement, Kimberle Crenshaw

Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement

Kimberle Crenshaw
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3/ That same document says they want to use "Intersectionality" as a framework for understanding health outcomes. Intersectionality was created by Kimberle Crenshaw, who was (no joke) *THE FOUNDER OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY* They're using CRT to decide how to hand out medicaid. https://t.co/YSRLOilUyY

Paperback, 1996

$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Cross and the Lynching Tree, James H. Cone

The Cross and the Lynching Tree

James H. Cone
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5/ On page 150 of "The Cross and the Lynching Tree" James Cone says I accept Delores Williams’ rejection of theories of atonement found in Western theological tradition and in the uncritical proclamation of the cross in many black churches." He continues with...

Paperback, 2013

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Book Cover for: The Critical Turn in Education: From Marxist Critique to Poststructuralist Feminism to Critical Theories of Race, Isaac Gottesman

The Critical Turn in Education: From Marxist Critique to Poststructuralist Feminism to Critical Theories of Race

Isaac Gottesman
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4/ Isaac Gottesman (who is an advocate of Critical Social Justice/wokeness) wrote a book called "The Critical Turn in Education" where explains how leftist radicals from the 1960's brought Marxism into universities and radicalized the field of education in the 70's https://t.co/YDYUT0qsuj

Paperback, 2016

$56.95$31.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, Richard Delgado

Critical Race Theory: An Introduction

Richard Delgado
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6/ Later on Critical Race Theory would enter into education as well. Here, two founders of CRT,Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, discuss how CRT mirated from law school and entered into education studies. In fact, they say CRT is more lively in education than it is in Law!!! https://t.co/hyM7hdr5EM

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Book Cover for: A Christian Manifesto, Francis A. Schaeffer

A Christian Manifesto

Francis A. Schaeffer
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@andrewtwalk 2/ -A Primer on Postmodernism (Stanley Grenz) -The Search for Meaning in Global Civilization (Vaclav Havel)...this essay is in The Truth About Truth: De-confusing and Re-consructing the Postmodern World, Walter Truett Anderson) -A Christian Manifesto (Francis Schaeffer)

Paperback, 2005

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