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America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…onvergence of white evangelical Christianity, right-wing nationalism, and Trumpism as it morphed into a virulent form white Christian nationalism. These books offer critiques of the roots of this religious phenomenon as it came into full bloom during the 2016 presidential election and subsequent Trump presidency. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Robert P. Jones Simon & Schuster 2020 White Evangelical Racism: T…

Was it the Russians or God? Evangelical Leaders Working Out the Kinks with Trump’s Transition Picks

By Chrissy Stroop

…n McCain and Lindsey Graham, this has not stopped Republicans from denying Russian interference. Trump himself deflected on this issue in his recent interview with Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday, undermining America’s intelligence community in a brazenly partisan, irresponsible manner. For his part, Graham has joined in on the Republican deflection, doubling down on his authoritarian politics of Providentialism as he tweeted a rhetorical questio…

Religious Freedom Historian John Ragosta on “Religious Freedom”

By Frederick Clarkson

…as the best way to promote true religion. Our original national motto speaks to the way that our religious, ethnic and racial diversity is a source of greatness: E Pluribus Unum–out of many, one. This is nowhere more true than in religion. Jefferson once explained that the normal rule in politics was reversed when talking about religion; for religion, “divided we stand, united we fall.” Our diversity itself protects us from government trying to co…

Trump May Be “a Big Fan of Hindu,” But Hindus Are Running—and Winning—as Democrats

By Murali Balaji

…idates like Jois—and the continued success of incumbents like Gabbard, Krishnamoorthi, Jayapal, and Khanna—as just “the tip of the iceberg.” “The community is going to get more engaged as more Hindus run for office,” he said. “It’s not just donating money, but volunteering, registering to vote, and running for local offices. It’ll impact the primary and general elections”…

The Risks of Remaining Neutral on Egypt

By Haroon Moghul

…zed, or to gingerly urge the government (as Secretary of State Clinton did today) to allow freedom of expression and assembly. But in supporting the government or remaining equivocal, we point the way away from Turkey—which, in the long run, is the best possible example for a religiously Muslim society to turn to—and we may even potentially empower Iran. Really. If the people of the Arab world feel that America is not behind them—or worse, is acti…

Why Obama for the Nobel? A Nudge? A Reminder?

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…the directions they desired. And that is a cautionary tale for progressive politics today. So much depends on what the intended symbolics of this Nobel award actually were. The irony of awarding a Peace Prize to a man currently conducting two wars, and considering the significant up-tick and expansion of one of them, was lost on no one. So if the political aim of the Prize was to weigh in on Iraq or Afghanistan, as Limbaugh suggests, then it will…

Trump Pulls a Huckabee on Religion

By Sarah Posner

…rigger an erosion of Carson’s evangelical support. While finger-pointing, Trump appears oblivious to the many evangelicals who consider the prosperity gospel of the Trump-loving televangelists to be a heresy. Things get complicated when you accuse someone—even obliquely—of apostate beliefs. If you look at the very brief history of Trump’s attempts to question Carson’s faith, he started, in September, with questioning Carson’s piety. That didn’t wo…

For White Christians ‘Anti-Christian Bias’ Reflects ‘Anti-White Bias’ According to New Research

By Daniel Schultz

…face.” He believes this helps explain why White evangelicals rally around Trump or other White nationalist politicians. “It’s just more evidence to them that Trump’s sticking up for people like us,” an idea the former president is eager to reinforce. Al-Kire and Pasek have their own theories. “I think social dominance is really more inherent or more central to Christian nationalism,” says Al-Kire. Pasek hypothesizes two paths: “You can be a Christ…

Recent Debates Highlight Democrats’ Antisemitism Blind Spot—But It’s Not What You Think

By Nylah Burton

…e setting us up to be holding the matches when it goes up in flames. Rabbi Ruttenberg says that “Antisemitism is about pointing fingers at Jewish people, [and is] used by people in power to point at Jews to say ‘it’s them that’s to blame, not us.’ And everybody in the House is aiding and abetting [this narrative].” Ruttenberg also stresses that Democratic support (notably from Sen. Corey Booker) for the anti-BDS bill is “a movement to suppress fre…

Crisis in Sudan: ‘If the World Stands Idly By This Time, They Will Bring Genocide’

By Frederick Clarkson

…hs and years, we saw signs leading up to the current crisis. We saw the corruption of the census in 2008 and the obstruction of political participation. We saw protests over the appointment of Governor Haroun—who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide in Darfur—and the razing of El Feid, the home village of his leading opponent. The members of the State Election Committee received threats that they had to declare Haroun the win…