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    • Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
      Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
    • Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
      Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
    • Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
      Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
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    • Silence of the Nuns — Oscar Darling ‘Conclave’ Contains Subtle Indictment of Catholic Church’s Views on Women
      Silence of the Nuns — Oscar Darling ‘Conclave’ Contains Subtle Indictment of Catholic Church’s Views on Women
    • Rebranded as ‘Biblical Counseling,’ Conversion Therapy is ‘a Colonizing Effort’ — A Q&A With The Author of ‘Shame-Sex Attraction’
      Rebranded as ‘Biblical Counseling,’ Conversion Therapy is ‘a Colonizing Effort’ — A Q&A With The Author of ‘Shame-Sex Attraction’
    • Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
      Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
      Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
    • Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
      Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
    • Confronting Trump Directly, Bishop Mariann Budde Showed That Not All Religious Leaders are Spineless Sycophants
      Confronting Trump Directly, Bishop Mariann Budde Showed That Not All Religious Leaders are Spineless Sycophants
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    • Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
      Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
    • Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
      Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
    • Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
      Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism

Chrissy Stroop

A prominent ex-evangelical writer, speaker, and advocate, Chrissy Stroop is (with Lauren O’Neal) coeditor of the essay anthology Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church. A senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches, her work has appeared in Dame Magazine, Foreign Policy, Playboy, Political Research Associates, and other outlets, including peer-reviewed academic journals. Holding a Ph.D. in modern Russian history from Stanford University, Stroop is a Senior Research Associate with the University of Innsbruck’s Postsecular Conflicts project. In 2019 Chrissy came out as a transgender woman and began her journey of medical transition. She resides in Portland, Oregon.

Christian Nationalism, Culture, Election 2024, Media Analysis, OMFG, Racial JusticeJanuary 22, 2025

Proud to be [a Real] American — Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless the USA’ and the Politics of the ‘Apolitical’

By Chrissy Stroop

When you’re raised in an authoritarian Christian community you can never quite comfortably fit into,…

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Archive, Election 2024, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeNovember 11, 2024

With Election Takeaways Like ‘Too Transgender’ or ‘the US is Shifting Right,’ Dems are Determined to Learn the Wrong Lesson

By Chrissy Stroop

I’ll confess something up front. I hate election postmortems. I’m not sure anybody likes them,…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Media Analysis, OMFGOctober 1, 2024

‘Have a Blessed Day’ May Not Be a Sign of Christian Nationalism, But it’s Not Innocuous Either

By Chrissy Stroop

Is it valid to be annoyed when, as your plane pulls up to the gate…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Election 2024, Media Analysis, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeSeptember 19, 2024

Good (Enough) Christians — Russell Moore in The Atlantic Illustrates the Limitations of ‘Christian Nationalism’ as Category

By Chrissy Stroop

As a transgender person who grew up evangelical and is now an atheist, I feel…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Election 2024, Media Analysis, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeSeptember 13, 2024

Church Attendance is (Once Again) Correlated with Authoritarianism — So Why Do We Refuse to Acknowledge It?

By Chrissy Stroop

Since 2016, I have been arguing here at RD that former president Donald Trump’s politics,…

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Archive, Election 2024, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeAugust 30, 2024

Democrats Have Seized the Narrative Frame From the GOP, But Can They Find a Better Story to Tell About an Inclusive, Pluralist US?

By Chrissy Stroop

As I watched this year’s Democratic National Convention live, there were moments when it became…

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Archive, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/LawApril 8, 2024

Doing a Dukakis (But with Jesus) — Biden Does Not Need to Be More Publicly Christian

By Chrissy Stroop

There are many factors that may determine whether incumbent president Joe Biden wins reelection this…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial Justice, Sex/Gender/JusticeJanuary 26, 2024

Seeking Broad Appeal to US Christians, ‘God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism’ Glosses Over Critical Context

By Chrissy Stroop

I wanted to like God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, the new Rob…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/LawJanuary 9, 2024

All That Glitters is Monotheism — Ignorance of Paganism Isn’t The Real Problem with David Wolpe’s ‘Atlantic’ Essay

By Chrissy Stroop

In a recent essay for The Atlantic, David Wolpe, a rabbi and visiting scholar at…

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Speaker in drag addresses audience.
Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeNovember 9, 2023

Constitutional Attorney Changes into Drag During Talk on Cancelation of West Texas A&M Drag Show

By Chrissy Stroop

For those who have been following it, the saga of the banned drag show fundraiser…

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