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Essays exploring belief, power, and the systems that shape religious authority.

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About Stephen Deere

I live in Memphis, raising two daughters and a dog named Lucy. I once read that theologians are like ants crawling across the front page of The New York Times, claiming to know the state of the world. I’ve never been comfortable claiming that much.

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