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QAnon isn’t a Cult — a Problematic Term — But Michael Protzman’s Q-Adjacent ‘Negative48’ Certainly Is

By Thomas Lecaque

…e number is certainly down from its height as many have stayed and cut off contact with their families. They recently took a road trip to Arizona to attend Trump’s rally, which garnered national attention with Protzman’s claim that Trump was really JFK Jr. in disguise. Protzman’s followers claimed that their seats meant Protzman had contacts with Trump, which renewed interest in the group from their casual online followers, despite any proof of th…

As the Right Peddles a Conspiracy About Trans People and Easter, A Reflection on the Spiritual Nature of My Gender Transition

By Ryann Croken

…e for Trans Day of Visibility, which has been held on March 31 for the past 15 years, the most important and overlooked truth here is that trans people have existed as part of the human family in every culture for as long as our species has been on this earth. The fact that Johnson and his ilk, in their ignorance and easy piety, believe that trans people pose some new and urgent threat to their spiritual values is an act of breathtaking hypocrisy….

What Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Shares with Insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…r been retracted. Finally, it seemed, someone had carried it out. On August 12, at the historical Chautauqua Institution in Upstate New York, a young man leapt onto the stage and stabbed the novelist ten times, seriously injuring him. But why? The alleged attacker, Hadi Matar, was an American, born in California and living in New Jersey at the time of the attack. He came from a Lebanese family, and at age 24 he was born years after the original fa…

Barna Plays God, School Board Boot Camp, and the Birth of the ‘SAGECON’: Day 3

By PRA Staff

…ported successful school board candidates in Florida. The PAC, like Trump’s 1776 Project, is styled as a response to the 1619 Project, developed by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones with the New York Times Magazine. Martin Strother, Education Director at Indiana Family Institute, explains how he applies lessons from Cawvey’s win in Kansas in order to offer advice for other conservative Christians to influence school boards. “Some are called to run fo…

New Anti-Trans Strategies Floated at Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit

By Heron Greenesmith and Asia Korkmaz

…their experience at a closed-door session during which young attendees ages 12 to 21 were encouraged to ask their burning questions about gender identity and biblical worldview. As they make clear, religious arguments comprise the bulk of anti-trans ideology from FRC, bolstered by medical disinformation spread by legitimate-sounding groups like the American College of Pediatricians and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecol…

Pelosi Attacker’s New Age Spirituality and Belief in QAnon is no Contradiction

By Susannah Crockford

…nd the statement that “belief creates reality”—all common ideas in new age spirituality. The link between spirituality and conspiracy theory is by now so well-known that it has its own term: “conspirituality.” What are called conspiracy theories by outside observers operate in new age spirituality as a form of theodicy for why their predicted new age of peace, light, and love has yet to emerge. There’s a long history of right-wing esotericism info…

Just Like January 6, One of the Most Disturbing Aspects of the Right-Wing Coup Attempt in Germany is Who Was Behind It

By Annika Brockschmidt

…committed by Reichsbürger has risen over the last couple of years, reaching 1,011 in 2021, including 184 violent crimes, and 500 currently own weapons legally. In 2016, a “Reichsbürger” shot and killed a police officer. During a protest against Covid-19 restrictions in 2020, several people managed to enter the Reichstag building of the German parliament and hundreds with ties to the “Reichsbürger” were arrested. The terror group seems to have foll…

In Repudiation of its Devastating Doctrine of Discovery, Vatican Masks the History and Responsibility of Catholic Church

By Elisha Chi

…profit.” The last bull, Inter Caetera, was written by Pope Alexander IV in 1493. It extended the Portuguese privileges to Spain in the lands Columbus stumbled upon when he missed India. Twenty-four years after Inter Caetera, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses at Wittenberg Castle. Henry the VIII wouldn’t separate from Rome for another 12 years after that. Catholicism was Christianity, and all of Europe fell under the mantle of Catholic society. I…

What Role Should Religion Play in the Public Square? — A Black Christian and a Black Secular Humanist Debate and Discuss

By Brad R. Braxton and Anthony B. Pinn

…verse public. In authentically democratic spaces, a plethora of religious, spiritual, and ethical traditions should be welcomed into the public sphere to make their respective cases about their possible contributions to our collective well-being. I respect your opinion about permitting the practice of religion in individual and communal spheres, while “restricting” religion’s influence in the broader public sphere. However, within the guardrails o…

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Uncovering the (White) Christian Roots of Slavery, Native American Genocide, and Ongoing Efforts to Erase History

By Bradley Onishi

…ack on was where did that land come from that was suddenly available in the 1820s and 1830s in a land lottery? And, you know, once you kind of ask that question, it really opens up the aperture and you realize it came from the Cherokee, who were forcibly removed from that land and forced to walk what became the Trail of Tears. Upwards of 20% or more died on that trek all the way to Oklahoma. So in the book I talk about my home state of Mississippi…