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Behind the Inclusive-Sounding Ads of this $100 Million PR-Blitz-for-Jesus it’s the Same Old Conservative Christian Fantasy

By Chrissy Stroop

…stry behind the Creation Museum. Over $1 million is designated for Campus Crusade for Christ (rebranded as “Cru” since 2011). $374,800 went to Al Hayat Ministries, an organization that seeks to “respectfully yet fearlessly unveil the deception of Islam,” and that runs an Arabic-language Christian satellite TV station with the goal of converting Muslims to Christianity. There’s a more direct way to approach the question of what the “He Gets Us” fol…

Republican Lauren Boebert Jokes About AR-15s and Jesus — And Yes, She’s a ‘Real’ Christian

By Chrissy Stroop

…s Boebert recently made to a church audience that have circulated in viral videos, prompting many Twitter users to insist that her views fall afoul of “true” Christian beliefs. In the first instance, Boebert told the church crowd at Charis Christian Center in Colorado Springs that she prays Psalm 109:8 for President Joe Biden: “Let his days be few, and let another have his office.” Although at least one journalist claimed to be “shocked” by this b…

The Right is Using the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search to Martyr Trump and Maintain the Violent Myth of the Big Lie

By Bradley Onishi

…with what this corrupt government and what the FBI has done.” In online forums, Trump supporters wrote, “Lock and load,” “Are we not in a civil war yet?” and “They will cry out in authentic pain soon.” Many are wondering if the social media rhetoric from politicians, influencers, and the Trump family will lead to actual violence in American streets or public buildings. Will Trump’s martyrdom syndrome mean the shedding of more blood and more loss…

The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition

By Peter Schwartz

…rofile articles about the Federalist Society and legal conservatism in the New Yorker, the Washington Post and Politico make no mention of natural law. Among scholars, Pomona College professor Amanda Hollis-Brusky has published well-regarded studies of the Federalist Society and of Christian conservative legal organizations. But particularly in her book on the Federalist Society, Hollis-Brusky misses out on a major part of the story. While “origin…

From Christian Temperance to D.A.R.E. — The War on Drugs Has its Roots in White Christian Nationalism

By Andrew Monteith

…ver encountered it as a child. As president, Nixon amplified existing antidrug structures and reshaped national narratives, therefore it seems highly likely that he himself was influenced by Hobson’s work. There’s more: 1920s–1930s Los Angeles was also home to Daryl Gates, perhaps best remembered for his role as police chief during the 1992 unrest over police violence against Rodney King. Gates was born in Los Angeles in 1926 and would have grown…

Police Violence is Baked in: Academy Training Encourages Racial Profiling and Emphasizes the Use of Violence

By Samantha J. Simon

…ese academies, cadets were encouraged to adopt a warrior approach to their new jobs. Instructors warned cadets to be wary of others, constantly prepared for violence, and especially suspicious of certain kinds of people. New cadets were told that police officers were in more danger now than ever before, and that bad guys wanting to hurt and kill them could be lurking around every corner. Despite the fact that policing has not gotten more dangerous…

Katie Britt Wants You to Be Afraid — It’s the Fuel That Feeds Conservative Power

By Daniel Schultz

…right-wing Christian dogmatist can buy and sell from her kitchen table. And that’s likely to be the case going forward, which is perhaps the best news anyone outside the world of social conservatism could hope for….

The ‘Jezebel Spirit’ Isn’t (Just) Bible-Based Misogyny, it’s a Literal Demon — So What Happens When They ‘Stop Tolerating’ It?

By Michael E. Heyes

…”—claimed at a 2011 prayer rally for Rick Perry that there is “a demonic structure behind the Democratic Party” which she identified as a “Jezebel Structure” in her book, Bridging the Racial & Political Divide. Patterson uses the idea of Jezebel in two ways: on one hand, she says, there’s a Jezebel that acts as “a Spirit or territorial principality”; on the other, it’s a state of affairs that allows demons easy political access. This mirrors Bibli…

Katy Perry’s Siren Song to Conspiracy Theorists

By Joseph Laycock

…aiths have taken to YouTube and Change.org to decry hidden messages in her new single “Dark Horse.” For decades, American pop stars have had an almost symbiotic relationship with religious conservatives, deliberately goading them in exchange for media attention. Madonna’s 1989 video for “Like a Prayer,” Sinead O’Connor’s 1992 performance on SNL in which she shredded a photo of Pope John Paul II, and Lady Gaga’s 2011 video for “Judas,” all employed…

Huckabee’s Second Bapticostal Bid for the GOP Nomination

By Sarah Posner

…ian nation mythology, being the candidate of choice at the gatherings of Renewal Projects, which often featured Newt Gingrich’s “Rediscovering God In America” lectures. The Renewal Projects hosted “Pastors’ Policy Briefings,” and in Iowa, these gatherings were thought to be effective get-out-the-vote tools, by encouraging pastors to mobilize their congregants. In early 2008, Huckabee expressed his affection for Christian nation mythologist and Gle…