Dangerous Religion
Throughout US history the perpetrators of religiously-inspired violence have usually been white Protestant men fearful of non-Protestant communities.
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“Culting”: From Waco to Fundamentalist Mormons
When the media labels a religious group a “cult,” it fans the flames of intolerance and can endanger the group’s most vulnerable members.
Read MoreHagee and McCain Part Ways
What should be more offensive to a political candidate, a claim that God is fully in charge of history, or a claim that the biblical text, not human thought, is the source of truth? It’s the latter that violates the spirit of the first amendment…
Read MoreThis is not a Religion Column: Sarah Palin, American
Small Town Spirituality, Big City Hate: For those with ears to hear it, Sarah Palin’s speeches echoed the work of Westbrook Pegler, a mid-century Rush Limbaugh, and then some….
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Dispatches from the Election: John McCain, Great White Nope
Friday’s historic debate in Mississippi showcased the McCain campaign’s election strategy: Talk down to Obama and play to the racist element in the Republican Party.
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Dispatches from the Election: How the Values Voter Myth Strengthened the Democrats
McCain’s campaign theme of intolerance is being met by Obama’s support for the values of tolerance and empathy. For the first time since the Civil Rights Movement there’s a clear battle of morality-based worldviews.
Read MorePatriot Pastors Cited for Sedition
Arab is the new German; in this long, long war suspicion is raised against Arab-Americans when Muslims are profiled as potential terrorists…
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Mormons and Idiosyncrasy
A retrospective on the Mormon-hate that blighted the air waves while Romney remained in the race.
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