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Attack on the US Capitol Has Many Journos Finally Taking White Evangelical Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism Seriously

By Chrissy Stroop

…ing themselves from the events they had very much laid the groundwork for. https://twitter.com/RDispatches/status/1347596162338082816 For example, NPR framed their coverage with the headline “Faith Leaders Nearly Unanimous in Condemning Assault on Capitol.” Instead of giving visible evangelical leaders the plausible deniability they crave, we ought to be asking how they fostered the fascism in the pews. We should be likewise demanding accountabili…

‘Landmark’ Speech From LDS Leader on LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedom Was More Like a Sunnier Groundhog Day

By Aly Marino

…ion from a faith that frowned on gays and lesbians to one becoming more welcoming and compassionate.” Of course they may have pulled the trigger on that article a bit too soon as the Church would, just days later, “sen[d] seismic waves through the Mormon community,” with its new policy barring the children of married gay parents from membership or baptism. In a speech now scrubbed from an official LDS website, Elder D. Todd Christofferson called s…

The Roots of White Evangelicalism’s Crisis Are in White Evangelical Churches, Not Republican Politics

By Jesse Curtis

…le news has them every day.” Scholars often make this observation as well. https://twitter.com/PMatzko/status/1398742463557296129 Implicit in statements like these is the assumption that churches and pastors are a good influence on their congregations. The roots are healthy, but outside forces have corrupted the fruit. These assumptions should not stand unchallenged. Segregation as pragmatism It’s time for white evangelical leaders to consider the…

Recognizing (the Long History of) Christian Witches May Be Key to Diversifying Witch Community

By Daniel Wise

…stian based and the pagan branding makes us and our magic feel unwelcome.” https://twitter.com/WitchOregon/status/1458119180364910595 What is Cross getting at here? RD wasn’t able to reach him for comment, but witchcraft practices in the West over the past millennium give us an idea. As much as Christian elites have tried to forbid magical practices and label them un-Christian over the centuries, millions of magical practitioners, many of them peo…

What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling

By R.L. Stollar

…eschool curricula aren’t much better. Three of the most popular curriculum companies in homeschooling—Abeka, Bob Jones, and ACE—all started as providers to whites-only, religious private schools. Unsurprisingly, then, this trinity of companies publishes curricula that are chock-full of historical revisionism, Christian Nationalism, and even straightforward racism. In short, they promote exactly the same teachings highlighted in We The People when…

Anti-Vaxx Cardinal Burke, Just Off the Ventilator, is Becoming a Living Anti-Abortion Martyr

By Karen E. Park

…fact he refused to take a simple action to prevent getting seriously ill.” https://twitter.com/Sisyphus1989/status/1427101272793128961 The Cardinal’s Twitter feed has given very few updates and the Executive Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe exhorted His Eminence’s followers to pray the rosary on his behalf, and “out of humility” not to demand too much information about the state of the Cardinal’s health. These updates have since bee…

The January 6 Select Committee Cannot Ignore This Christian Movement

By Andrew L. Seidel

…e Christian Nationalist aspect of this assault, though not in those terms: https://twitter.com/jackmjenkins/status/1420040247291826178 “It was clear the terrorists perceived themselves to be Christians. I saw the Christian flag directly to my front. Another read ‘Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president.’ Another, ‘Jesus is King’” That Christian flag was carried into battle against America—carried alongside the Confederate flag. It was carried ag…

Apocalypse Now and Then: How a Biblical Genre Shapes American Politics

By Christopher Douglas

…rrings and manipulations” to which she attributed his (first) impeachment. https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1171803697292238853 As a package of theological innovations, apocalypse gave hope to the oppressed. Things were going terribly wrong—but soon God would intervene to destroy his cosmic enemies and remake the world. Apocalypse was a kind of theodicy, explaining why God allowed the suffering of His people. Besides an imminent overthrow…

This Quote About ‘Pregnant’ Church From Outgoing SBC President is Deeply Troubling For Anyone Concerned About Sexual Abuse

By Jill Hicks-Keeton

…n to think in a certain way using the trope of a shamed promiscuous woman. https://twitter.com/JonathanMerritt/status/1404854271670095884 Greear made this observation to support a larger point that the SBC should be focused on evangelizing rather than getting involved in politics. The Nashville meeting apparently included debate on whether (male) pastors who committed sexual abuse could or could not be pastors and whether third-party inquiries int…

A Note To Churches During Pride: If You’re Not LGBTQ-Affirming, Keep Your Water

By Chrissy Stroop

…inful, took to Twitter to suggest that Catholics should do the same thing: https://twitter.com/Chris_SmithsJ/status/1397528844748345348?s=20 Christians always have a visible presence at Pride. Seeing those who are there to represent churches always makes me feel ambivalent at best (and often at least a little suspicious), but I can’t take issue with affirming churches showing up. After all, Pride is about community. Many queer folks are Christians…