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      Packed with Threats of Political Violence, Media Largely Ignore the NAR’s ‘Million Women’ Rally in DC
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      New Doc Strives for Christian Unity—But What if Unity is the Problem?
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      Phoning It In: ‘Heathen’ Isn’t a Neutral Religious Description — It’s Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
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Sarah Posner

Sarah Posner, author of God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters, covers politics and religion. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The American Prospect, The Nation, Salon, and other publications. Follow her on Twitter. RSS feed Email

OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedJanuary 26, 2016

Clinton’s Faith Talk Not New, But Was There a Better Answer?

By Sarah Posner

The New York Times reports that Jessica Manning, a voter at a campaign stop in…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedJanuary 22, 2016

The Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Ted Cruz Endorsement Edition

By Sarah Posner

I’m writing from Washington, D.C., where we are bracing for a historic blizzard that might…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedJanuary 12, 2016

Cruz-Induced Angst and Christian Virtue

By Sarah Posner

Poor David Brooks. He wants to write about what ails the evangelical affection for Ted…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedJanuary 8, 2016

Inside the Rubio-Cruz Battle for Evangelical Voters

By Sarah Posner

In the midst of an intra-evangelical dispute over whether Ted Cruz is indeed consolidating the…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Remapping American Christianities, Sarah PosnerJanuary 5, 2016

How Obama Made Gun Control A Religious Freedom Issue

By Sarah Posner

In announcing new executive action to more rigorously enforce requirements for background checks to purchase guns,…

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Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJanuary 3, 2016

Cruz and the Evangelical Illusion

By Sarah Posner

Just after Christmas, Ted Cruz met with several hundred evangelical leaders at a Texas ranch belonging…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedDecember 16, 2015

Party of Religious Liberty Botches Debate on Religion and the Constitution

By Sarah Posner

Remember when the presidential election, or the Republican primary, at least, was going to be…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerDecember 14, 2015

RD on the Radio: Donald Trump and the Religious Right

By Sarah Posner

This week on State of Belief Radio, I spoke with the Rev. Welton Gaddy about…

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerDecember 8, 2015

Trump Smashing Religious Right Formula to Bits

By Sarah Posner

Donald Trump’s stump speeches are not, as most are, the product of careful tweaking and…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Christian Nationalism, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesDecember 1, 2015

Can Faith-Based Organizing for Gun Control Work?

By Sarah Posner

A thought experiment: What would religious gun control activism look like if it mimicked the…

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