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When Being “Christian” Means Supporting Trump: An Argument For Hiding Your Faith

By Jonathan Malesic

…en patriotic, given that both Reno and Metaxas seem fine with allowing the country to be driven to ruin—just so long as Clinton isn’t the one driving. The collapse of so many on the Christian Right into political resentment and Trumpism is lamentable, but it was also predictable. In fact, I predicted something like it in my 2009 book, Secret Faith in the Public Square. In it, I argued that American Christians were selling out their religious ident…

Refugee Crisis in the Age of Trump: Getting Holocaust Analogies Wrong

By Sarah Posner

…own history. They are a call to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, as a country, whether we are going to help people fleeing barbarity, or turn them away out of irrational fear of fifth columns. Adding more toxins to these discussions, Donald Trump suggested in an interview that he might be in favor of measures like registering American Muslims in a database or “giving them a form of special identification that noted their religion.” Yahoo News…

Faith-Baiting in Minnesota and Elsewhere Follows the “Project Blitz” Playbook

By Frederick Clarkson

…opponents on the record—but he was able cast them as opponents of God and country on Fox News. After the Fox News segment aired, the rightwing media from Breitbart to LifeSiteNews exploded with coverage of this minor legislative moment and Hall’s comments. Meanwhile in Oklahoma, Governor Mary Fallin signed into law a bill that has been labeled as (and opposed as) a bill that allows the Ten Commandments to be posted in public schools, and governme…

The Unbearable Lack of Self-Awareness of the Anti-Muslim Sally Kern

By Sarah Posner

…ouring money into this local race in an attempt to make a statement to the country by knocking out an outspoken Christian, pro-family representative. If they succeed, it will serve as a warning shot across the bough of all elected officials who defend Biblical values. Kern’s opponent was the Democrat Brittany Novotny, Oklahoma’s first openly transgender candidate. Can you imagine Kern’s reaction if anyone in her race had sought to defend secular,…

How Will We Teach About Sikhism After the Tragedy?

By Laurie Patton

…ental human transaction of all. To feed people is seva—voluntary, selfless service. A Sikh community in Medford, Massachusetts, Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar, is typical of many Sikh places of worship in this tradition of hospitality. On Sunday, August 12 the Gurdwara is holding a vigil for those injured or killed in the Oak Creek shootings. Everyone in the community is welcome, and non-Sikhs are invited to show their solidarity. Just underneath that…

A Debate Rages in India Over Conversion, Secularism, and “Spiritual Violence”

By Murali Balaji

…the conversation about conversion, as well as its ramifications beyond the country’s borders. As Pawan Deshpande and Padma Kuppa note, the discussion about ghar wapsi should be broadened to include the international implications of conversion politics in India. If evangelical groups are spending millions a year in coercively converting Indians (including right after natural disasters like the 2004 tsunami), then we should be having a discussion ab…

Where Christianity and Islam Collide

By Maggie Fick

…ation. In Indonesia, Griswold looks past the easy characterizations of the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, questioning the idea that the country is transforming into a modern secular democracy by arguing that the classic traits of a weak state—poor governance, corruption—are leading Indonesian Muslims to delve deeper into religion “instead of secular society…to resolve social questions, including women’s roles in contemporary s…

The Theological Roots of Akin’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment

By Sarah Posner

…ears he studied the founding of America and the principles which made this country great. His love of country and conviction that leaders must stand on principle led him to run for State Representative in 1988.” On abortion, the PCA is absolutist: opposing abortion in all cases, with no exceptions. Akin’s comments reveal a religious culture fundamentally opposed to women’s equality. On the rape exception question in particular, he’s not forging ne…

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Red/Blue ‘National Divorce’ Looks an Awful Lot Like a Confederate Flag

By Thomas Lecaque and Joshua Call

…for violence against LGBTQIA+ (but in particular trans) people across the country, Greene’s suggestions that Wal-Marts in “Blue States” would be placing sex toys alongside children’s toys is yet another echo in the chamber of cries trying to target queer bodies in an increasingly hostile political landscape. The screed manages to insert every inflammatory talking point of the MAGA platform—from denying the validity of gender identity and the insi…

Single, But Married To Jesus

By Anthea Butler

…oing to change this horrific situation for millions of black women in this country. As for CNN’s shoddy report, ignoring it is the best remedy, right along with Faux News. There are more important things to talk about, such as that eye-opening survey on black women’s net worth, and the fact that unemployment in the African-American community is 15.6% across the country. Why can’t the media cover that for a change? Look, black women can marry, unle…