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The War on Terror is Over; Tahrir Buried It

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…years of the War on Terror came to an end. It began at Ground Zero in New York City on September 11, 2001, and likely terminated at Tahrir Square in Egypt on January 25, 2011. Even this past weekend when I was there, tens of thousands crowded the huge traffic circle waving flags and patriotic banners. Now, however, they aren’t calling for the fall of a dictator, but for government to be true to its promise of free and fair elections. The exciteme…

Graham’s Muslim Brotherhood Conspiracy Theory Not New

By Sarah Posner

…with this imaginary threat. At the Capitol Visitors Center event, David Yerushalmi, general counsel for the CSP—who has called for banning Muslims from America and written that whites are genetically superior to blacks—portrayed President Obama as an emissary to this world of secret codes and seditious intent, and his much-lauded religious freedom speech in Cairo as evidence of that. . . . [National Review contributor Andrew] McCarthy, author of…

New Reports Reveal Global Persecution of Nonbelievers

By Austin Dacey

…ts Issue,” criticizing atheist activists in the U.S. for comparing their struggles to the struggles of women, African Americans, and GLBTQ citizens. On a global scale, however, secularism most certainly is an issue of civil rights and of human rights. And it’s important to note that the suppression of religious dissent online is being carried out not just by government authorities but also by private corporations. During the Innocence riots, for…

Prophecy and Prosperity are Keys to Republican Christian Nationalism According to New Poll

By Daniel Schultz

…charismatic events in their churches, roughly the same number approve of Trump as disapprove of him. In other words, Christian nationalists are disproportionately charismatics, but not all charismatics are Christian nationalists. In fact, charismatic Christian nationalists make up only about one-quarter of all Republicans. That’s still disproportionate, but it’s not enough to explain MAGA by itself. So while going to church doesn’t appear to work…

The Political Strategist’s Conversion that Led to Ron Paul’s New Faithiness

By Sarah Posner

…ul’s opposition to the Iraq War got his attention, said Wead, who says he knew that there were no weapons of mass destruction, and that “we were conned.” Wead, who was instrumental in intertwining religious conservatives in presidential politics, now says he’s undergone a conversion: he thinks evangelicals have been led astray by the culture war focus on establishing a “Christian nation.” He pointed to Paul’s support for building mosques, despite…

Pentecostal Prayer Gangs: New Film Documents Religion in a Brazilian Prison

By Nick Street

…ence as a filmmaker. How did the film come together? A friend of mine from New York who was a freelance photographer was willing to come to Rio, work for well below his usually daily rate and sleep on the floor of my apartment in order to help with the project. At that point I had built trust with the inmates over about seven months, and I knew who I wanted to interview for the film and that they would be willing to speak into a camera if I was in…

Manhattan Declaration Is The New Old Culture War

By Sarah Posner

…igins of Totalitarianism, which he called “prophetic in its application to today. . . . The destruction of civil society has always been prelude to a totalitarian government.” Indeed the Declaration harkens not only to Hitler, but to “intellectuals” and “elites” who supposedly share his genocidal ambitions: Eugenic notions such as the doctrine of lebensunwertes Leben (“life unworthy of life”) were first advanced in the 1920s by intellectuals in th…

Zeitgeist A Blend Of Skepticism, Metaphysical Spirituality, and Conspiracy

By Michael J. Altman

…ri Chinmoy Ghose: “When the Power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” Trungpa Rinpoche, Ram Das, and Ghose provide a dose of spiritual humanism that bookends a film filled with conspiracy narratives of corruption and manipulation. Christianity, religion, war, economies; these are all meant to divide and conquer humanity, the film argues, and the solution to the suffering they cause lies in a metaphysical vision of univ…

New Poll: Evangelicals Backing Trump

By Daniel Schultz

…ed build. That seems right, especially since their followers’ support for Trump is even deeper than it was for Romney: 36% of white evangelicals strongly support Trump, compared to 26% for Romney. And there Lucy goes again, except this time she’s pulling the football out from poor old Russell Moore. Journalists and even many religion analysts seem to have a hard time reconciling themselves to the idea that these days, “evangelical” is as much a po…

Election Takeaway: Fake God Talk Doesn’t Cut It with Americans

By Anthea Butler

…n of their harmony was a strong delusion. Karl Rove’s epic meltdown on Fox News’ election night when Fox called the election for President Obama showed the strength of the delusion. Rove hijacked Fox News pundits and their audience, claiming there was still a path for Romney to win in Ohio. Now, Rove and the RNC’s fates are linked with the hard-line religious ideologues whose power is on the wane. From Akin’s “legitimate” rape to Richard Mourdock…