Religion Dispatches
God tells you not just the way you should be, but the way you actually are, and if you accept that, you will be blessed. If you step outside of it, you’re just asking for trouble. So arguing against this structure asks conservative white evangelicals to rewire their entire sense of reality.
Read MoreIf you don’t understand that the Religious Right’s conservatism does not stem from honest differences in faith, if you don’t get that it’s about particular structures of power, you badly misunderstand the situation, and you are not ready for prime time.
Read MoreSpeaking about her faith in a recent CNN town hall meeting the senator managed to avoid the mistakes of so many of her predecessors.
Read MoreFrom sexual abuse to white nationalism, a fake rabbi, atheists behaving badly, and politicized pastries, 2018 had little going for it on the religion front.
Read MoreThe corrupt legislative shenanigans by lame-duck Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina have prompted many to reiterate calls for “civility” and “love.” But are those objectively good things?
Read MoreThis year’s electorate resembles a presidential cycle as much as a midterm. So it might be helpful to compare 2018 both to previous midterms and to 2016.
Read MoreInviting a messianic Jew to say a prayer for the victims of the worst act of anti-Semitic violence in American history is like sprinkling bacon bits on an eff-you sandwich.
Read MoreThere are reasons to be dubious about the allegations put forward by culture warrior Carlo Maria Viganò, a Benedict XVI ally.
Read MoreThe ‘Dems ignore faith’ narrative ignores the rise of the Nones. It’s as if it were 1954, and liberals were smarting over getting flanked by Ike on the ‘In God We Trust’ issue.
Read MoreAfter all the uproar over Jeff Sessions’ use of Romans 13 to defend the extravagant cruelty of separating migrant families at the U.S. border, you might be tempted to bet against administration members citing scripture.
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