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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

(A)theologies, OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerOctober 6, 2014

“American Values” and “Standing With Israel”

By Sarah Posner

On Capitol Hill yesterday, a glorious fall afternoon, John Cougar Mellencamp’s “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.” and…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerOctober 2, 2014

Israel’s Chief Rabbis Say No to Christian Zionist Event

By Sarah Posner

Israel’s Chief Rabbis have issued a statement condemning an upcoming event sponsored by the Christian…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerSeptember 30, 2014

The NFL’s Prayer Problem

By Sarah Posner

Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah was penalized last night for praying in the end…

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(A)theologies, Archive, StoriesSeptember 22, 2014

Too Hot for Shul: Rabbis Seek Healthy Israel Dialogue After Gaza

By Sarah Posner

During an American University panel on the recent war in Gaza earlier this month, Rabbi…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerSeptember 22, 2014

New Poll Finds “Growing Appetite” for Mixing Religion and Politics

By Sarah Posner

A new poll out today from the Pew Research Center finds an increasing number of…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerSeptember 4, 2014

West Virginia Mayor Enlists Churches To Pray Away Drugs and Crime

By Sarah Posner

Huntington, West Virginia Mayor Steve Williams thinks he has a solution to the scourge of…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerSeptember 2, 2014

A Former Christian Coalition Activist Tells All

By Sarah Posner

Last month, The American Prospect published my profile of Elaine White, a former missionary and…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerAugust 29, 2014

Is Liberal Zionism Dead?

By Sarah Posner

That’s a question that has been discussed quite a bit lately, as liberal Zionists raise…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedAugust 27, 2014

Fear Not, The IRS Isn’t Colluding With Angry Atheists

By Sarah Posner

Here’s a headline crafted to strike fear in the hearts of Christian conservatives, already primed…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerAugust 21, 2014

Where Are “Religious Liberty” Advocates After Police Raid of Ferguson Church?

By Sarah Posner

The Interfaith Alliance, a church-state separation and religious liberty advocate, today sent a letter to…

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