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Angry Voters, Right-Wing Populism, & Racial Violence: People of Faith Can Help Break the Linkages

By Chip Berlet

…mention Republican Scott Brown, the right-wing populists, and the Oklahoma City bombing in one article? Can there be a role for people of faith and their allies in ensuring that no such linkage develops and that history does not repeat itself? To find out I turned to the Center for New Community (CNC), a national nonprofit that helps build local alliances among congregations from different faith traditions and other institutions seeking to resist…

Studying Religion is Suddenly Popular

By Mark Hulsether

…of Religious Studies So it is pernicious to imagine Religious Studies as a phoenix rising from the ashes of a failed esoteric project. This strikes me like a meal that at first seems delicious, but leaves a nasty aftertaste. I prefer an image of struggle to build on the best legacies from the roots of Religious Studies in a current era when these legacies could easily collapse due to the dual dynamic of (wholly appropriate) efforts to diversify an…

Will bin Laden’s Death Finally Quell Obama Conspiracy Theories?

By Anthea Butler

…ission accomplished speech” by President Bush could not, Obama rose like a phoenix from the ashes of a week in which he had to release the long-form of his birth certificate to silence the “carnival barker” Donald Trump and other so called patriot birthers. The important takeaway for religionists is that Obama squarely placed bin Laden outside of the camp of traditional Islam. Obama said: We must also reaffirm that the United States is not –- and…

Religious Right Dream of Privatized Public Education Gets Boost

By Julie Ingersoll

…uring the 1990s) will be joined by other conservative leaders in an eleven-city (Detroit, Phoenix, Los Angeles Cleveland, Tampa, Orlando, Chicago, Indianapolis, Pewaukee, WI; Sacramento and Newark), “Education Revolution Tour,” the goal of which is to renew “American Exceptionalism.” The result of these reforms is likely to be a fractured educational system incapable of serving the very purpose of public education: to ensure an educated citizenry…

What Happens When An American President Believes He is Above the Law?

By Spencer Dew

…re so much politically correct nonsense.” Foreign Policy said: “In his capacity as the Chief Executive, the President has already had exceptional difficulty grasping and respecting the independent and impartial operation of federal law enforcement. With this act, Mr. Trump dramatically escalates the assault on these limits.” Speaking with the Washington Post, former U.S. Attorney in Arizona Paul Charlton said the pardon “speaks volumes about the P…

What Does It Take to Fell a White Nationalist? (Hint: Pedophilia)

By Anita Little

…os will slink completely into oblivion. Similar to a bigoted, anti-Semitic phoenix rising from the ashes, white privileged men like Milo always seem to bounce back with another book deal, another commentator gig and more notoriety. White nationalism is one very persistent hydra, and those who think this is the end of Yiannopoulos seem to be underestimating what he means to the young “alt-right” movement. Yiannopoulos seems to agree, posting this m…

WikiLeaks Strikes the Vatican, a Camel in the Pews, and Luke Skywalker Tolerance

By Michael J. Altman

…, a Polish Catholic missionary was beaten to death with a crucifix. And in Phoenix, Arizona, the bishop is threatening to strip St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center of its Catholic status over a disputed abortion procedure. So, apparently, former President George W. Bush was sloshed the first time he met Billy Graham. He had had “about four beers and five wines.” Well done, sir. A group of US Senators are asking Switzerland to reconsider an im…

What To Do About Southern Baptist President’s Call for End to Hate for LGBT

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…a coalition of LGBT leaders and supporters on June 15 while the SBC was in Phoenix for its annual gathering. At that meeting he modeled what he is asking conservative Christians to do: don’t argue, maintain a loving tone, and stick to their guns about what they believe the Bible says. I’m naturally suspicious of the “friendship evangelism” that Wright is espousing, and have strongly criticized this position before, but, as I reflect on Wright’s wo…

The Battle for the Bible Against Christian Nationalism Seeks to Continue Historic Campaign

By Frederick Clarkson

…rt. In the Apache tradition the waters at Oak Flat, about 65 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, are the source of all life. A holy site for thousands of years where Apaches come to pray, it’s now threatened by corporate interests that want to dig a massive open-pit mine for copper ore. Wendsler Nosie says that in this, and matters affecting other tribes, “Native American religion has been excluded from the areas of concern and value.” The Poor People…

Black Pastor Who Introduced SBC Resolution Against Alt-Right Assumed It Would Be a “Slam Dunk”

By Sunnivie Brydum

…is resolution sparked at the conservative denomination’s annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona this week. “I thought it would be a no-brainer, I thought it would be a slam-dunk,” the Rev. Dwight McKissic told Roland Martin on Friday’s episode of One News Now (watch the full interview below). “I thought they had turned a corner, at least in the sense of being able to intellectually, theoretically, biblically, affirm what the Bible says, that one God c…