elle hardy
@ellehardy
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Word mercenary. Writing a book on the Moonies; wrote a book on the global Pentecostal movement; co-hosted False Profits; stuff in @guardian, @newrepublic, etc.
New Orleans, LA
Joined November 2009
🚨 Thrilled to finally announce that I'm writing a book on Reverend Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church, aka the Moonies, and their remarkable role in 20th century history 🚨
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@YankeeGunner They can’t attack him for the usual tropes of haircut, tattoos, lifestyle or family, so they’re down to critiquing a kid celebrating his first PL goal
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RT @rosiecreen: From Brazil to Nigeria and beyond, gangsters — and sometimes pastors — are using evangelical Christian networks and beliefs…
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RT @ArtButSports: Jesus Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda (flipped), by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670, 📸 by @Stuart_PhotoAFC…
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RT @crawf34: the last time this nation was so captivated by the departure of a white man from dallas, they had to swear in LBJ on the plane…
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RT @alfonslopeztena: Why Brazil fell for Pentecostalism but not liberation theology — Catholic priests of liberation opted for the poor, bu…
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@JusBrierley @thetimes I’m convinced that the New Atheism movement also did a lot of damage to non-belief
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@_Grimanditweets I give up on trying to convince people that it’s incompetence over corruption when you see that second yellow just now not given
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RT @AndrewChesnut1: Superb piece by @ellehardy with my take -‘The problem with liberation theology was that it promised long-term structura…
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RT @AndrewChesnut1: @ellehardy And Brazilian Pentecostals became the main constituency of former president Jair Bolsonaro, mirroring Trump'…
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Forty years ago, the Vatican clamped down on liberation theology and ensured it would never move beyond the margins. At the same time, the prosperity gospel of Pentecostalism was muscling in on its flock
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@_Grimanditweets I’m not here much anymore but just checking in to let you know I’m thinking of you in Orange Bowl times!
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RT @THEMONTHLY: How postwar anti-communist zeal seeded the growing influence of far-right extremism in mainstream politics | @ellehardy htt…
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RT @THEMONTHLY: “Dignitaries at the 13th WACL conference read messages of support from two key figures: Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroess…
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