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Cheese State Reality Check: On The Wisconsin Idea and the Social Gospel

By Daniel Schultz

…ial Gospel understanding of the good news as concrete service to society. Alas, the moment did not last. Things fell apart during World War I and just before. LaFollette split the Republican party in 1912, leading to Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party, then opposed American entry into the war, causing his own movement to fall into mutual recrimination. Nevertheless, Raushenbush thinks there’s something to be said for the Wisconsin Idea and its rel…

What Religion Looks Like, Wisconsin Edition

By Kim Bobo

…issues should be debated openly and fairly under public scrutiny. Although Madison, Wisconsin seems to be “ground zero” in the fight for collective bargaining, similar anti-worker and anti-union bills have been introduced or proposed in approximately 30 state legislators. Given the groundswell of religious support, much of it from religious leaders who have not been particularly active in worker rights issues, it appears that right-wing forces hav…

‘Hello, Trump Warriors!’ Little-Known Preachers and Rabble Rousers are the Unregulated Id of the Felon’s First Rally

By Jeff Sharlet

…r teacher “taught” her “everything about Trump.” Now, she says, she’s at a Las Vegas charter school where she, too, passes on Trump’s wisdom, and teaches the youth “actual” “civil disobedience,” the “pro-American” kind vs. the “communist” variety preached in government schools. It sounds alarming, but Janice’s top priority is cursive handwriting. Paul’s eyes glaze. “Illegals,” he croaks, trying to get back to what matters. He finds more fruitful m…

Romney Goes to Bat Against Reid in Nevada

By Joanna Brooks

…in the context of a Tea Party-infused, mortgage-meltdown-fueled voter backlash in Nevada. Nevada is about as volatile a place as you’ll find in the American West right now. It has the highest rate of mortgage foreclosures, mortgage fraud, unemployment, and bankruptcy in the nation. Over the last two decades, more than 1.4 million people moved to Nevada in search of cheap housing and boom-time fueled hospitality, tourism, and construction jobs, mo…

Don’t Die For Me, Wisconsin

By Daniel Schultz

…open today, and most of those were not very full. But that’s the way it’s going to go in Wisconsin for a while. Although the Supreme Court ruling tossed out the governor’s mandates, it left in place local restrictions. Places like Milwaukee and Madison continued stay-at-home policies, while other counties opened for business. Or something like that. The chains haven’t had time to react, leaving their dining rooms closed, while local establishment…

Hookers for Jesus: Sex and Salvation on the Strip

By Nicole Greenfield

…ent as a stripper, prostitute, and high-class escort, most recently on the Las Vegas Strip, taught her that. And although she’s been out of the game for years, has since accepted Christ and gotten married (to Oz Fox, lead guitarist for the Christian metal band Stryper), Lobért appreciates the allure of her former lifestyle. Calling herself a hooker for Jesus, she has set out to “hook, help, and heal” those still in the industry. Lobért, a curvy pe…

Wisconsin Religious Voices Witness Against Scott Walker

By Daniel Schultz

…Y FAITH COMMUNITIES The Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice (ICWJ) and Madison Urban Ministry (MUM) are organizing ongoing nightly vigils sponsored by different faith communities at the State Capitol. Each night a different religious denomination or community will sponsor the vigil, drawing members from far and wide. Vigils Planned thus far include: Mondays 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.: Jewish Community, King Street entrance to Capitol Tuesdays 7:00…

There’s a Controversy Brewing in Wisconsin You Might Want to Keep an Eye On

By Daniel Schultz

…ch trial has been set for April in the case, the first of its kind ever in Wisconsin. The Rev. Amy DeLong of Osceola, in northwestern Wisconsin, precipitated the case in 2009 when she agreed to preside at a holy union ceremony for a lesbian couple, and then separately registered with her partner of 15 years under Wisconsin’s Domestic Partnership Law. She reported both actions to the church’s Wisconsin Annual Conference, the governing body for the…

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian’s Latest Reveals the Problem with Today’s ‘Religious Freedom’

By Andrew L. Seidel

…gel. Religion was always in danger of becoming “a motive to oppression” as Madison explained. And he’s been proven correct with this current and ongoing weaponization of religious freedom. Examining an early Supreme Court case involving religion and government, Rakove explains that the disestablishment of religion was a way to guarantee religious freedom and likens it to a secular revelation. It was, he writes: “[A]nother form of revelation than t…

Free Will, Fate and FiveThirtyEight: The Theology of Election Polls

By Alan Levinovitz and Michael Schulson

…ort! MHS: It is fun to watch. Nate Silver versus the New York Times versus Las Vegas. Who will do better?! AL: At one point, back before the reality of what it would mean had set in, I actually found myself rooting for Trump a little, just because it would melt the wings of these prophet-Icaruses. Like See! Don’t try that shit, it’s unholy and this is what you get. MHS: The collapse of the pundit-class has definitely been a theme of this election….