University of Southern California
USC Annenberg
  • About
  • Submissions
  • Contact
  • FAQ
Religion Dispatches - Religion Dispatches Religion Dispatches
  • Racial Justice
    • Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism
      Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism
    • Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
    • Derek Chauvin’s Defense, in Keeping with a Long Racist Tradition, Seeks to Criminalize George Floyd
      Derek Chauvin’s Defense, in Keeping with a Long Racist Tradition, Seeks to Criminalize George Floyd
  • Politics/Law
    • Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry
      Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry
    • Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
    • Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
      Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
  • Religious Liberty
    • Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
      Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
    • Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
      Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
    • Alabama’s Yoga Ban Is Part of the Christian Right’s War on Pluralism
      Alabama’s Yoga Ban Is Part of the Christian Right’s War on Pluralism
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
      It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
    • We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
      We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
    • 11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You
      11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You
  • New Books
    • I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
      I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
    • How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
      How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
    • Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?
      Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?
asdjkfh@fake.conm'

Tony Keddie

Tony Keddie is Assistant Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at the University of British Columbia. His new book, Republican Jesus: How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels, will be released in October, 2020.

(A)theologies, Archive, New Books, OMFG, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/Justice, Sexuality/GenderOctober 20, 2020

‘God Made Them Male and Female…and Eunuch’: Why the Biblical Case For Binary Gender Isn’t So… Biblical

By Tony Keddie

The following is an excerpt from Republican Jesus: How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels…

Read More
(A)theologies, Archive, New Books, Politics/LawJuly 27, 2020

The Wrong Emperor: Why Ralph Reed’s New Pro-Trump Book Distorts the Bible to Cast the President as Tiberius

By Tony Keddie

Ralph Reed’s new book, For God and Country: The Christian Case for Trump (published by…

Read More
(A)theologies, Archive, History/Theology, OMFGJune 8, 2020

Space X and the Photo-Op: Trump’s Use of the Bible Was Just the Latest in a Series of Christian Nationalist Messages

By Tony Keddie

Trump’s supporters are busy combing the scriptures for that perfect verse that justifies the president…

Read More
Archive, CultureJanuary 9, 2020

Netflix’s Iranian ‘Messiah’ Is a Gift to Trump and His Evangelical Base

By Tony Keddie

Amid horrific natural disasters and a global refugee crisis, an Iranian menace emerges. This might…

Read More
Archive, History/Theology, OMFGSeptember 4, 2019

Prosperity Gospel Prayers Aren’t Sufficient to Save Hurricane Victims

By Tony Keddie

When we hear religious conservatives using the language of “prayers” and “favor” as a disaster strikes, it’s important to recognize that this pious rhetoric conceals neoliberal politics that impede the work of government institutions of disaster management.

Read More
Culture, History/TheologyMay 13, 2019

How a Bill O’Reilly Bestseller Helps Explain the Anti-Semitism Behind the Poway Shooting

By Tony Keddie

O’Reilly and Dugard’s interpretation of the gospels in Killing Jesus was motivated by the same politics of resentment that Trump inherited from the Tea Party—a politics of fiscal, ethnic/racial, and religious conservatism.

Read More
History/TheologyMarch 29, 2019

The White Nationalist Fantasy of Ancient Christian-Muslim Conflict Would Get an ‘F’ in History Class

By Tony Keddie

When I first heard the tragic news of the shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New…

Read More

Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches is your independent, non-profit, award-winning source for the best writing on critical and timely issues at the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.

© Religion Dispatches
Back to top