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‘Religious Freedom’: Constitutional Principle or Electoral Politics?

By Frances Kissling

…following the law on contraceptive insurance, but also to assert without scrutiny that any number of health services violate its religious beliefs. In her interview with Kaiser Health News, Sr. Keehan acknowledged that the CHA still has “some very real concerns in the Church that even if you get rid of the coverage of contraceptives, [there may be] problems in the future.” Up to now, the administration has followed a strategy that is political, bu…

From Engravings to Ultrasounds: The Politics of Imaging the Womb

By Elizabeth Yale

…itioners were more likely to see them and their babies through labor and delivery alive. Using legislation and licensing regimes, male physicians also worked to suppress female midwifery practice. In the centuries following the publication of Hunter’s book, anatomical knowledge of pregnancy may have increased, but respect for women’s knowledge of their own bodies—knowledge held in the hands, rather than the eyes—declined. A 19th century obstetrici…

The Democrats’ Real Religion Problem, And All Of Ours

By Daniel Schultz

…to publish in a big-ticket outlet. It goes like this: Q: Who promulgated Rerum Novarum? A: Pope Leo XIII promulgated Rerum Novarum, placing the Catholic church on the side of labor. Q: Who wrote The Social Gospel? A: Walter Rauschenbusch wrote the Social Gospel, paving the way for Christian involvement in liberal social reform. Q: Who twice appeared on the cover of Time magazine? A: Reinhold Niebuhr twice appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Wh…

Taking Liberties: 8 Great Stories on Religion and History in U.S. Politics

By The Editors

…ip and the academic enterprise—and, for that matter, of what constitutes “truth.” Mitt Romney and the Ghost of Anti-Mormonism JOANNA BROOKS • May 2, 2012 The anti-Mormonism that was nearly universal during Smoot’s era is now a tradition maintained by a very small slice of the American population. The Republican primaries gave that small slice a megaphone: the artificial loudness of their voice makes people overestimate their number. It’s Barack v….

Maybe It’s Time to Admit That The “Grotesque Caricature” of White Evangelicals is the Reality

By Hollis Phelps

…elicalism, in its current manifestation, isn’t a religion that has been corrupted by its entry into politics but is, rather, a social movement that works through a specific type of politics. The substance of that politics has been clearly on display for some time now. Trump and his evangelical allies didn’t invent it; they only exacerbated it. If evangelicalism ever wants to play a more positive role in social and political life, perhaps it’s time…

America Does Not Have a Religious Identity

By Dennis J Goldford

…tics. At a theoretical level, I have always thought that, at its broadest, politics is the process by which we negotiate our differences. In particular, liberal democracy—a political order in which majorities rule but not over everything—is an institutionalized agreement to disagree. My concern is the question: what happens, and what do we do, if there are some things about which we cannot agree to disagree? Prominent on that list is religion. Wha…

Why The Church Can’t Stop Gun Violence

By Daniel Schultz

…imagined tyranny of an “illegitimate” federal government. But in the short run, people are understandably frustrated as the body count continues to rise. What can be done? The key, I think, lies with that idea of leverage. Building up positive values in elected representatives seldom works these days. They come into office knowing what they think, and what they think their constituents want. That leaves negative reinforcement: unless politicians f…

As We Survey the Damage of Yesterday’s Violence, What Will Christian Nationalist Politics Look Like in 2021? New Report Offers Clues

By Chrissy Stroop

…ormally certifying the Electoral College vote, a process already being obstructed by Cruz and some other Republican lawmakers. And, given that these pro-Trump terrorists carried not only American, Confederate, and Trump flags, but also explicitly Christian symbols along with signs and flags bearing anti-choice, QAnon, and right-wing Christian slogans like “The Children Cry Out for Justice” and the not-so-apolitical after all “Jesus 2020,” the rele…

Hagee and McCain Part Ways

By Ira Chernus

…dear heart, be offended: I didn’t write it. Jeremiah wrote it. It was the truth and it is the truth.” Which raises the question: What should be more offensive to a political candidate, a claim that God is fully in charge of history, or a claim that the biblical text, not human thought, is the source of truth? It’s the latter that violates the spirit, and perhaps the letter, of the first amendment’s guarantee of separating church and state. If you…

Is Putin a ‘Real’ Christian? To Understand This Conflict We Need to Ask Different Questions

By Sarah Riccardi-Swartz and Robert Saler

…uspices of a revival of “Holy Rus,” and more disturbingly a multinational “Russian World.” The Russian Orthodox Church, in many of its expressions, has been an active participant in Putin’s vision of global domination. Patriarch Kirill isn’t just a willing participant in the transnational expansion of Russian power, culture, and Christianity—he’s a co-conspirator in this worldbuilding project of faith and politics. But the matter goes beyond the h…