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As the Right Peddles a Conspiracy About Trans People and Easter, A Reflection on the Spiritual Nature of My Gender Transition

By Ryann Croken

…, and that with this “abhorrent” action Biden has supposedly “betrayed the central tenet of Easter.” Beyond the fact that Biden neither prohibited any traditional Easter activities nor set the date for Trans Day of Visibility, which has been held on March 31 for the past 15 years, the most important and overlooked truth here is that trans people have existed as part of the human family in every culture for as long as our species has been on this e…

Despite Conflation of Israel with Judaism, Anti-Zionism is More Kosher Than You Think

By Seth Sanders

…hat opposition to a Jewish state isn’t an isolated theological quirk but a central conviction among Jews for most of the history of Rabbinic thought. It’s contained in the Talmud itself, expounded by Rashi (the most important Jewish Bible interpreter, whose interpretation every Jewish Day School student learns first), and detailed by Maimonides, arguably Jewish tradition’s single most influential thinker. Indeed, according to Ravitzky, Shapira’s r…

A Roundup of Conspiracies and Bad Ideas That Caught on or Gained Momentum in 2023

By Carmen Celestini and Amarnath Amarasingam

…n. In any event, belief in conspiracy theories, often rooted in fear, perceptions of injustice, distrust in societal institutions, and feelings of disenfranchisement, is unlikely to fade away. Issues like immigration, human rights, religious freedoms, and bodily autonomy, all of which are likely to remain central themes going forward, are all likely to fuel moral panics and policies that not only negatively impact marginalized communities, but als…

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Mitt Romney, the Public Face of Mormonism, Reckons with His Alienation From a Radicalized GOP and His Role in Enabling it

By Benjamin E. Park

…till in office.” Romney’s struggle to understand his own complicity in the Republican power struggle that resulted in the rise of Trump is reminiscent of classic Mormon tropes concerning guilt and repentance. Max Mueller has already noted that an obsession with journal-keeping is a quintessential Mormon project. So is self-reflection. Latter-day Saints are taught from an early age that written records are part of a heavenly archive destined to tel…

Russell Moore Claims There’s a Crisis in Evangelical America — But White Evangelicalism is Exactly Where it Wants to Be

By John Stoehr

…ader public doesn’t know is that the “Sermon on the Mount” does not play a central role in the evangelical Protestant community. What it doesn’t know is that the “Sermon on the Mount” is itself subversive to evangelical Protestants, in that it subverts their understanding of a world divided between the saved and the damned. They believe that God’s love is exclusive to those who are already on the inside of the evangelical community. It’s unconditi…

The Enigmatic Role of Anti-Semitism in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

By Katherine Kelaidis

…n’s propaganda machine, and appeals to anti-semitic sentiments have been a central theme in the kultur politik advanced by both Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church in the Putin era. For example, whatever sympathy Russia does get from the West relies in no small part on shared anti-semitism and a perception that Russia (and frequently Russian Orthodoxy) are essentially anti-Jewish. This strategy has been on full display with respect to Ukraine….

Mormon Group Digging for Scriptural City of Zarahemla in Iowa is a Portrait of Religious Nationalism

By Hanna Seariac

…ppears to be a reaction to a significant increase in the LDS population in Central and South America. While the LDS leadership began to envision a global Church, proponents of the Heartland model in the US not only continued to see themselves as part of an American-centric faith, they sought to cement that status by grounding it in “history.” This clinging to an American-centric faith originates from their belief that the United States is, literal…

Whether it’s Celebrated by CT or Denied in NYC, Evangelical Proselytizing Isn’t in Quarantine

By Chrissy Stroop

…he latter to set up and operate a 68-bed field hospital in New York City’s Central Park in partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System. In addition to being the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, New York City is, of course, one of the country’s most LGBTQ-friendly urban centers. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has bullied states governed by Democrats and played politics with the federal distribution of medical equipment…

A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine

By Cristina Rosetti

…ircles, beginning with the Church’s endorsement of “globalist agendas” and promotion of the “secret combinations” that control the Covid-19 narrative. Under an image of Russell M. Nelson, the group wrote: “Our research demonstrates that this tyrant is using a false pandemic to force the world to accept a vaccination. This ‘cure’ will make most people who receive it susceptible to a ‘wild virus.’ This may surface later on, after most of the entire…

Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think

By Suzanne Schneider

…of the universe. If this appeal to individual agency serves as one of the central acts of seduction within the new far-right, it’s important to consider it alongside the widespread civic paralysis that is one of neoliberalism’s most noteworthy social effects. Mary Kaldor, for instance, has described the “individualism and anomie that characterizes the current period” as creating a sort of political vacuum: “the sense that political action is futi…