Tisa Wenger

Religion in the U.S. the was formed through the violent structures of settler rule, Indigenous displacement, and the remaking of sovereignty, land, and belief.

If religious freedom trumps equality under the law, it provides a “cover” that actually encourages discrimination.

Peyote use has been defended with religious liberty arguments. So has Bible reading in public schools.

Judith Weisenfeld’s book, New World A-Coming, reinterprets the various religious movements among African Americans in the early twentieth century.