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A Münster of Our Own Making: Religiosity in Portland

A Münster of Our Own Making: Religiosity in Portland
Protesters gather in front of a fire near the North police precinct in Portland, Ore. on Sept. 6, 2020. This was the 101st consecutive night of disturbances in the city. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
Joseph Bottum
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A violent gang of radical Anabaptists—now that’s a phrase one doesn’t get to use often, but there it is: In 1534, a violent gang of radical Anabaptists seized control of Münster, the city in northwestern Germany, and announced to all the world the coming of the New Jerusalem.

Joseph Bottum
Joseph Bottum
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Joseph Bottum, Ph.D., is director of the Classics Institute at Dakota State University. His most recent book is “The Decline of the Novel.”
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