Religion Dispatches
…als”… but the evangelical brand is likely to take a sizable hit just the same. And it didn’t escape the notice of Christians of color—particularly women—who didn’t hold back: https://twitter.com/YNPierce/status/796209685976195073 https://twitter.com/fifthpastor/status/796207613247627268 https://twitter.com/BrandiNico/status/796239825951035392 …
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…a pair of tweets, he portrays Trump as a messianic figure: https://twitter.com/McBrideLawNYC/status/1637080811768885248 https://twitter.com/McBrideLawNYC/status/1637183102614118408 As Mark Leuchter, professor of religion at Temple University points out, these tweets make the call to protests something more than just a political act: “by making the upcoming arrest a matter of eschatology: violent demonstrations for Trump are part of God’s war again…
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…xual activity or even solo exploration of one’s sexuality is certainly not common to all Christians. When asked to comment on Mohler and Keller’s claims, for example, Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, a Presbyterian Church (USA) minister, said, “It’s kind of stunning to hear this missionary talk in the mouths of modern Christian men. Really? Sex inside marriage only? Otherwise it’s dehumanizing? I’m sorry to state the obvious, but we humans are at the top of…
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…tal LeVar Burton, “you don’t have to take my word for it”: https://twitter.com/RLStollar/status/1384913611546669057?s=20 https://twitter.com/sunny_in_MN/status/1384920004555071491?s=20 https://twitter.com/eaton/status/1384925594148917253?s=20 After reading exvangelical homeschooling survivor and children’s right’s advocate Ryan Stollar’s thoughts on Shellnutt’s article on Twitter, I asked if he might comment further for this piece. Stollar obliged…
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…tps://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1572745129081044992 https://twitter.com/roddreher/status/1572614270256553986 https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1572778677443743744 Take a recent piece from “The Federalist,” a blatant call for violence against trans people, whose headline reads “The Transgender Movement Is Not Just Intolerant. It’s Barbaric And Violent, And It’s Coming For Your Children.” The piece pushes misinformation about trans medical…
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…s perfectly acceptable, as the very same ethos pervades evangelical church communities. https://twitter.com/TinaNelson5280/status/1519010247171469312?s=20&t=pZqXPmeFu-pAbAQiDDtTUQ From a policy point of view, so long as these programs involve only a small percentage of the population, the economic ripple effects may not seem so worrisome. However, the tendency to withdraw from our country’s healthcare scheme is of a piece with the Christian Right’…
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…rs. The date of these concerts alone, 8/8, should give us pause, since the number 88 is, as documented by the Anti-Defamation League, “a white supremacist numerical code for ‘Heil Hitler.’” And this year, Feucht openly expressed admiration for his anti-government, “patriot” militia “security team.” https://twitter.com/seanfeucht/status/1424525562278604804?s=20 Indeed, Feucht tweeted “If you mess with them or our 1st amendment right to worship God…
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…taking to Twitter to share some thoughts about pluralism: https://twitter.com/timkellernyc/status/1394273915002933253?s=20 https://twitter.com/timkellernyc/status/1394273917301309440?s=20 Leave aside for the moment the nonsense assertion that nothing about human nature is empirically verifiable. It is, strictly speaking, true that no institution or legal-framework can be entirely value neutral. However, it’s still a tell when conservative Christi…
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…t as simple as saying this is a Christian movement that hates the LGBTQIA+ community. This is a much broader coalition, bringing together a wide range of far-right ideologies that have very disparate goals and aggressive disagreements about most things. But the coalition of far-right groups meet in the culture wars, and they especially meet around their mutual hatred of the LGBTQIA+ community. And so the Christofascists and secular fascists and ho…
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…religion, and lack of acceptance for who they were or who they wanted to become in their religious communities. Religious immersion The ‘exiters’ I interviewed described their experience in religion as immersive, consisting of a significant time commitment, a high degree of participation, and intense involvement. Heather, a 29-year-old female exiter of evangelical Christianity, explains her religious experience as deeply connected to family and fr…
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