by Ethan Blue Bad Subjects Issue #72, February 2005 Red states and blue states, the heartland versus the decadent city. Like many, I’m wary of these too-easy distinctions for the political effects they create, and the illusion of a homogeneous religious movement based on so-called “family values.” But, living in central Virginia for the past … Continue reading National Trauma, Church Drama: The Cultural Politics of Christian Fear