A Movement to Destroy U.S. Democracy Controls the Presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court—But What’s Behind It?
The man in the MAGA cap and the “Size Matters” T-shirt allowed me to take…
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‘How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World’: An Interview with Author Elle Hardy
Australian-born journalist Elle Hardy’s exposé of global Pentecostalism, released in November by an independent UK…
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What’s Missing From Popular Discussions of Today’s Christian Nationalism?
If you want to know where the Republican Party is headed, you need to set…
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Largely Overshadowed by the Election, ‘Red Pill, Blue Pill’ Transcends Standard Explanations of Conspiracy Culture Which is ‘Killing Us All’
Mat Staver, cofounder of the right-wing legal activist group Liberty Counsel, seems to think that…
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How a Powerful ‘Ex-Gay’ Pastor is Chasing the Latino Vote
At a mini-mall Starbucks in southern San Diego, I’m staring into my coffee and wondering…
Read MoreAre You Doing Your Part in the Baby War?
A new book on ‘only children’ adds an interesting dimension to the politics of making babies.
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Protesting Yoga in Schools, But Welcoming Bible Study
When is touching your toes just touching your toes, and when is it an effort to indoctrinate small children in Hinduism?
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Debating the “Nones” Part 3
The author responds.
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The Demographic that Should Keep Rove Awake at Night
Imagine a demographic that has doubled its share of the population over the past two decades, is up by 25 percent over the past four years, now accounts for as many as one in five Americans, and voted overwhelmingly for Obama.
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Supreme Court Rules Religion is Special… This Time
The balance between the right to free exercise of religion and the right of employees to equal protection under the law is not easy to strike, and the Hosanna-Tabor decision doesn’t appear to strike it at all.
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