Faith-Baiting in Minnesota and Elsewhere Follows the “Project Blitz” Playbook
It’s election year in the United States and an episode from the very recent past…
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“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business
Religious freedom has been much in the news as the Trump administration has rolled out…
Read More“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business
Launched initially in 2015, Project Blitz brings something new and dramatic to the Christian Right as it continues to mature as a political movement—especially in light of its electoral advances in state governments over the past decade.
Read MoreHistorian John Ragosta Discusses the Context and Inspiration for “Religious Freedom” in the U.S.
Historian John Ragosta details some of the strikingly similar issues over the proper place of religion and religious expression in a secular nation compromised of mostly religious individuals.
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Religious Freedom Historian John Ragosta on “Religious Freedom”
To listen to the Christian Right, which has been busy seeking religious exemptions from laws governing…
Read MoreThe Religious Right: Still Not Dead
Super Tuesday and the success of Donald Trump among evangelicals have caused otherwise sensible observers to…
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Racial Justice Will Be Top Priority for New Prez of the United Church of Christ
A conversation with the Rev. John Dorhauer, incoming president of the United Church of Christ.
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God is My Co-Belligerent: Avatar Priests, Hijacked Theologians, and Other Figures of Right-Wing Revolt
Probably few who gathered to hear Bonhoeffer’s latest biographer expected to be asked to imagine themselves called by God to rise up against a regime that might be as heinous as the Third Reich—but as it turns out Metaxas is not unique among religious-right intellectuals in his use of the language of armed revolt.
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Amid Horrors, Muslim ‘John Hancocks’ Forge Secular Sudan
While president Bashir has remained clear about his vision of Islamic nationalism, the conflict can’t be reduced to Muslim persecution of Christians. The broad struggle is of state-sponsored Arabist Islamic nationalism against racial and religious pluralism.
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Evidence of Mass Graves in Sudan?
RD recently reported that Sudanese Anglican Bishop Andudu Adam Elnail thought that if he not been in the U.S. for medical treatment, he might now be in a mass grave back home. A dramatic new report may prove him right.
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