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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, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerOctober 12, 2015

On Guns and Religious Liberty, Ben Carson “Not an Authentic Adventist”

By Sarah Posner

You’d never know it from Ben Carson’s exhortations for Americans to arm themselves against perpetrators…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerOctober 7, 2015

Televangelist Who Prayed With Trump Says It Wasn’t Endorsement

By Sarah Posner

Televangelist Kenneth Copeland claims his prayers for Donald Trump at a meeting with televangelists last month…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerOctober 2, 2015

The Multi-Faceted Role of Religion in the 2016 Campaign

By Sarah Posner

Listen to a podcast of the Ticket 2016, during which I talked about religion in…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerSeptember 30, 2015

Republican Presidential Candidate Courts Televangelists. So What Else Is New? (Updated with video)

By Sarah Posner

Politico reports today that Donald Trump is courting prosperity televangelists in an effort to “keep…

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OMFG, RD Blog, RD Media, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedSeptember 24, 2015

A Test for Trump—And the Religious Right

By Sarah Posner

Last night the Family Research Council announced that Donald Trump would, after all, be speaking…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerSeptember 17, 2015

Fiorina Wins Social Conservative Hearts Over Planned Parenthood… and Trump

By Sarah Posner

During last night’s debate, there was more evidence that the religious right is turning against…

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerSeptember 16, 2015

How the Christian Right Can Save America from Donald Trump

By Sarah Posner

A few days ago, I predicted that Donald Trump’s love affair with evangelicals will be…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedSeptember 15, 2015

In Liberty U Speech, Sanders Breaks the Democratic “Faith Outreach” Mold

By Sarah Posner

I finally got a chance to watch Bernie Sanders’ Monday speech at Liberty University this…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Remapping American Christianities, Sarah PosnerSeptember 13, 2015

Why Donald Trump’s Love Affair With Evangelicals (Probably) Won’t Last

By Sarah Posner

According to the latest Quinnipiac University poll of Republican likely caucus-goers, Donald Trump is still earning…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerSeptember 9, 2015

Why Kim Davis Has Missed Her Moment

By Sarah Posner

Years ago, I remember Christian right leaders fretting about pastors going to jail if they…

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