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Racing Toward Armageddon: The Three Great Religions and the Plot to End the World: An Excerpt

By Michael J. Baigent

…mosques from the Temple Mount in advance of the Messiah’s arrival. The anti-Islamic position of these groups is inflexible and runs very deeply. Their true relationship with Christianity is prickly and kept rather close, for they all depend upon the constant flow of funds donated to them by Christian supporters, but the tensions are there to see. For them, there is no need for compromise or tolerance; God gave Israel to the Jewish people, and that…

The ‘Dreher Affair’ Highlights the Right’s International Networks

By Annika Brockschmidt

…s largely ended relations with the Fidesz Party, its foundation, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, has no such qualms. They’ve repeatedly hosted events with the MCC, with CDU-members like former professor Werner Patzelt speaking at an MCC event. The aforementioned Birgit Kelle took part in an event at the MCC to promote her book, which rails against “gender gaga” (gender nonsense) in March of 2022. Tucker Carlson has been a guest speaker at the MCC, a…

Racing Obama

By Tamura Lomax

…ly referred to as a (gasp) Muslim (read: a terrorist), or when he was (ahem-cough-cough) mistakenly referred to as Osama Bin Laden (read: Osama, Obama—what’s the difference? Both threaten American security). And of course we cannot forget the “magic negro” depiction by L.A.-based journalist David Ehrenstein and later by radio personality Rush Limbaugh. I think it is safe to say that none of the depictions above are innocuous—all are embedded with…

Evangelicals and Newt: Love Him or Hate Him?

By Sarah Posner

…ws that conservative Christian leaders were trying to coalesce around a non-Mitt, the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition says it won’t endorse any candidate. (The FFC’s founder, Ralph Reed, knows a thing or two about sin — and has certainly played the redemption card skillfully.) Then there’s the matter of the mysterious “Iowans for Christian Leaders in Government,” which has distributed anti-Newt flyers and most recently penned an open letter to Bo…

Biden’s New Domestic Terrorism Strategy Addresses Trump’s Omission of White Nationalism, But Fails to Address Targeting of Black and Brown Americans

By Sara Kamali

…Department to fall under these labels are militant Islamist groups like al-Qa’ida and al-Shabaab and individuals. It does not apply to those who uphold the ideology of white nationalism, or the pursuit of a white ethno-state because of the belief in the cultural, biological, and/or divine superiority of the white race. In practice, the failure to reorient the current counterterrorism strategy developed in the wake of 9/11 to address the full scop…

Tea Partiers and Religious Right Court at Values Voter Summit

By Sarah Posner

…eotype of the Anglo, spittle-flicking, where’s-the-birth-certificate, Obama-is-Hitler type of tea partier that has grabbed headlines lately. She sees herself as an intercessory prayer warrior, an Esther saving America from socialism and restoring God’s will. The continuing influence of “Christian nation” mythology and dominionism is evident in Hernandez’s activist trajectory. She told me that before running (unsuccessfully) for state senate and ci…

Archbishop Retracts Videotaped Criticism of Fellow Bishops

By Frances Kissling

…could receive communion. He lauded Sarah Palin as a shot in the arm for pro-lifers. Now, in a videotaped interview with anti-abortion militant Randall Terry, the Archbishop can be seen calmly speculating that Barack Obama “could be an agent of death” if his support for abortion rights in the US is heeded in the developing world. Views like this barely raise an eyebrow in Rome or among American bishops. While few agree with the Archbishop, picking…

The Year in Mormons: Top 7 Stories of 2012

By Joanna Brooks

…to play for Duke in 2013–2014. Here at RD, we were too absorbed in the week-by-week of the long election season to cover Fredette, Te’o, and Parker—a pity, really. 4. Mormon feminists and allies organize worldwide “Pants to Church” Sunday to raise awareness and start dialogue about women’s issues in the LDS Church. With thousands of women and men (wearing purple in solidarity) participating worldwide, the event is the largest concerted feminist ef…

What Does the ‘Traditional Family’ Have To Do with Pussy Riot?

By Gillian Kane

…fense of traditional values. While Hilarion showed a certain amount of open-mindedness in reaching out to non-Orthodox Christians, including Janice Crouse of Concerned Women of America and Mark Tooley of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, it was limited: “dialogue between a believer and a person void of principles is impossible. Between the two rests a misunderstanding that is neither religious nor ideological, but psychological and almost b…

A Link to Jewish History, RBG’s Iconic Collars Were a Beacon for the Marginalized

By Jodi Eichler-Levine

…haos of the universe with a needle and thread. Threads, like our bodies, are impermanent. But Ginsburg’s collars will endure. Even when the fabric degrades, their white-on-black iconicity will linger in our minds, like the photographic negative of an ebony Victorian silhouette….