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Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream

By Thomas Lecaque

…ed to learn that Ukrainian Orthodox leaders have used this rhetoric too—on February 27, Metropolitan Epiphanius I of Ukraine said that, “The spirit of the Antichrist operates in the leader of Russia, the signs of which the Scriptures reveal to us: pride, devotion to evil, ruthlessness, false religiosity.” So the narrative of antichrist and Putin tends not to work in his favor—which shouldn’t be surprising as there’s a long-standing tradition in ev…

Trump’s Bibles and Sneakers Campaigns Tell an Old Story About the Role of Race in Christian Nationalism

By Dara Delgado

…d woke America, but who aren’t entirely aligned with Trump, according to a February 2024 report from PRRI (full disclosure: I’m currently a PRRI Fellow). In addition to White evangelicals, the former president needs young, non-White males if he hopes to win the upcoming election. So, it’s unsurprising that when he appeared at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia this past February, although standing before a mixed crowd, including Trump-supporting Cheer Mo…

2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back, 1 Step Sideways: The Chaotic Progression of LGBTQ Inclusion at Christian Colleges

By Donovan Ackley III

…s heterosexual marriage and “get therapy” after coming out as a gay man. A February incident at Wheaton College in Illinois where someone threw an apple at a student who dared to question publicly fellow Christians’ discriminatory treatment of LGBTQ people during a chapel service, inflaming anti-gay rhetoric on the campus in various student forums, even garnered coverage in TIME Magazine. Meanwhile Wheaton’s appointment of lesbian-but-celibate cha…

Arguments That Caste Protections ‘Unjustly Target’ South Asians Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny

By Pranay Somayajula and Nikhil Mandalaparthy

…anonymously signed by around 80 Cal State faculty members and echoed in a February 3 op-ed, merely recite talking points that don’t stand up to logical scrutiny. Two such points in particular stand out as especially erroneous—first, the claim that caste is already covered by existing laws and university policies on discrimination (making it unnecessary to designate it as a protected category) and second, the assertion that caste protections are i…

Will ‘Conjuring 3’ Influence Real-Life Events Via the ‘Exorcist Effect’?

By Eric Harrelson and Joseph P. Laycock

…defendant. According to the Warrens, Johnson was demonically possessed on February 16, 1981, when he stabbed his landlord. The Warrens had met the family of Johnson’s girlfriend, Debbie Glatzel, the previous July. 11-year-old David Glatzel began reporting visions of a scary old man he called “the beast.” Soon he was seen thrashing on the bed as if being strangled by invisible hands. The family sought the help of their local pastor, who summoned t…

Convergence of Far-Right, Anti-Democratic Factions in the Northwest Could Provide a Model for the Rest of the Nation

By Frederick Clarkson and Cloee Cooper

…r Caucus Chairman Shea to initiate a state prayer council in Washington in February 2019. In May, Taylor reported that the Washington State Apostolic Council prayed for government officials at all levels, but “the Government Mountain” prayed, “LORD if they are not just, then we pray remove them (Psalm 109:8 – let their days be few and another take their office).” This might seem benign to some, but context matters. The biblical King David, the aut…

How a 15th Century Book on Witchcraft Helps Make Sense of Trump’s Bizarre Baby Execution Story

By Karen E. Park

…to the mother and talk to the father, and then execute the baby. Later in February he tweeted that “the Democrat position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth.” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1100211495223218176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1100211495223218176&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F02%2F26%2Fhealth%2Fabortion-bill-trump.html However, his statem…

Where Is American Christian Outrage on Russia’s Treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

By Rebecca Moore

…ripped, beaten, suffocated, and subjected to electroshock in the anus. The February 15 arrests followed the conviction of Dennis Christensen February 6 on charges of criminal extremism. Christensen, a Danish national who has been living and working in Russia as a carpenter, was arrested in 2017 and remained incarcerated for more than 600 days throughout his trial. Christensen’s only crime, according to the charge sheet, was unlocking the worship h…

What the Hail: Satanists Got Busy in 2018

By Joseph Laycock

…was a coup for TST’s Chicago chapter, which only gained official status in February. April: TST announced their intent to sue the state of Arkansas. The legislature, in an effort led by Sen. Stanley Rapert, installed a Ten Commandments monument on their capitol in 2015. After TST began meeting with the capitol arts and grounds committee to discuss a location for their statue of Baphomet, the legislature passed emergency legislation blocking these…

Year-End Best Books in Race and Religion in American History

By Paul Harvey

…tion to African American Religious History Julius H. Bailey Fortress Press February 2016 If Sylvester Johnson’s epic production may change the nature of history to come, Julius H. Bailey’s Down in the Valley: An Introduction to African American Religious History provides the average reader an entering point to see where studies are now. This useful survey and analysis of African American religious history, meant for introductory classrooms and gen…