Why the ‘Confession & Redemption’ Path is Unlikely to Help Falwell Recover from Sex Scandal
Yesterday, August 24, 2020, was the first day of classes at right-wing evangelical school Liberty…
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In Convention Event Democrats Embrace the ‘Nones’
What does it mean to put pluralism into practice? This is a serious question of…
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Christian Schools Invoke Religious Liberty to Reopen Despite Warnings of Health Experts
Here on RD, I took a look at the legal case against exempting churches from…
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Why ‘Respectable’ Evangelicals Can’t Rein in Evangelical Conspiracy Theorists
According to a recent blog post by David French, former staff writer for the National…
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No “Cancel Culture” on the Right: How Conservative Christians Protect the Powerful
This week, Harper’s Magazine set off a firestorm by publishing “A Letter on Justice and…
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Behind a Recent Stunt in Idaho Lies a Dangerous Theocratic Movement
Last Tuesday, just days before Idaho became one of a handful states to see a…
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White Evangelical Leaders Still Too Preoccupied With ‘Order’ to Listen to Black Truth
Yesterday, President Donald Trump stood in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC,…
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No, Trump’s Evangelical Support Isn’t Cracking: The ‘Independent’ Jumps the Shark
As I recently observed here on RD, the Democratic faith outreach discussion in America’s 2020…
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Yes, It Can Be Hard to Be an Atheist in America; Now We Have the Data
Are the nonreligious a marginalized group in America? When I brought this question up to…
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Where’s the 2020 Democratic Faith Outreach Discussion… Or Has the Folly of Courting White Evangelicals Finally Hit Home?
The 2020 election season is ramping up. Senator Bernie Sanders dropped out of the Democratic…
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