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Cancel culture looks a lot like old-fashioned church discipline

  • Written by Christopher Schelin, Assistant Professor of Practical and Political Theologies, Starr King School for the Ministry
imageBaptist preachers canceled by opponents.Library of Congress

Blink and you may have missed one of the more recent controversies over cancel culture.

On March 23, 2021, columnist Hemal Jhaveri published an opinion piece at For The Win, a sports commentary website operated by USA Today. In it, she remarked on the “Cinderella story” then...

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