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How a Catholic-Majority SCOTUS Fulfilled an Evangelical Dream

By Katherine Kelaidis

…st.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-fix%2Fwp%2F2018%2F06%2F28%2Fjustice-kennedys-retirement-is-what-evangelicals-were-banking-on-with-trump%2F This situation is highlighted by the case of Neil Gorsuch. Raised a Catholic, Gorsuch and his family most recently attended a Protestant church in his native Denver. Not a conservative evangelical megachurch, but an Episcopalian one. That’s right. If we are to see Gorsuch as the Supreme Court’s last remaining Protestant, i…

Reality as Revelation: “Hail Caesar!” is the Coen Brothers’ Most Religious Movie Yet

By Elijah Siegler

…ways preferred to lay out the underlying themes of their movies using blink-and-you’ll-miss-‘em moments, often doubling as gags. This film is no exception. Early in the film, George Clooney as movie star Baird Whitlock is handed the daily script pages from the latest Capitol Pictures production, and he is told a word has been changed. Later in the film, Clooney is delivering a big speech in character and he stumbles over one word. The word that ha…

Come Let Us Reason Together: A Response to Critics of Evangelical/Progressive Initiative

By Robert P. Jones

…da to heal some of our nation’s deepest divides, including engaging in face-to-face conversations with members of congress in the Democratic Faith Working Group of the US House of Representatives and with key members of the Obama administration; and 2.) it has highlighted an emerging evangelical center that is declaring its independence from the old religious right in important ways. One unintended consequence of the project has been to highlight…

Excerpt: The Christian Roots of Zionism

By Shalom Goldman

…n the United States, The Fundamentals, a series of essays published between 1910 and 1915 by conservative evangelical theologians, emphasized the necessity to believe in the literal truth of scripture. This helped reify the relationship between the Jews of the present and the Israelites of old. In the view of many in the Christian West, Palestine was understood to be ‘‘empty,’’ and this emptiness should be filled by Jews, the descendants of the la…

To Be Atheist, Feminist, and Black

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…ok not only attempts to contextualize African American religious fervor vis-à-vis institutional racism and white supremacy but also in relation to patriarchy, heterosexism, and capitalism. What is the most important take-home message for readers? An understanding of the ideological complexity of African American communities and the connections between secular belief and social justice. Sadly, there is still a fair amount of ignorance and bigotry t…

Creators of Missing Lowe’s Ad Tell All

By Hussein Rashid

…hat outrageous letter to the FFA and decided to pull their ads! Truly an un-American move and this is coming from a CANADIAN!!! As director, what was your vision? It’s very memorable. What were your inspirations? How is it being received? PC: Gregory loves the song “Dancing in the Moonlight” by Randy Newman. GB: It began with the what-if image of two traditionally-dressed Muslim men walking into Lowe’s. Then we thought it might appear, in light of…

‘This is a War Meeting…This is Gonna Get Dirty,’ Anti-Woke Capitalism, & American ‘History’: Day 2 Roundup

By PRA Staff

…e capitalism.” (Target, curiously, has also been the focus of chronic right-wing conspiracy theories about sex-trafficking, which had been flaring up once again in the weeks prior to Pray Vote Stand). With the panelists acting as David, they have the perfect slingshot loaded with two stones: 1) leveraging large assets and 2) organizing consumer voices. According to Jonathan Danhof, Head of Corporate Governance for Strive (an asset management firm…

Moses on the Mayflower: Was the Prophet a Founding Father?

By Linell Cady

…the ways in which the idea of God’s chosen people morphs into the idea of American exceptionalism—at times underwriting American imperialistic tendencies. Feiler’s now-formulaic promotion of a biblical figure to resolve conflicts at the intersections of religion and politics may be a successful recipe for book sales. But one wishes that Feiler would use his literary gifts to tell a more complicated story of the interweaving of religion and politi…

A Secret History of Satan

By W. Scott Poole

…of Americans believe in the same Devil believed in by Puritan preachers and 19th-century evangelists. This cannot be dismissed. Its essential to understand why this is so, what historical conditions gave rise to this phenomenon and what does it tell us about the United States. Did you have a specific audience in mind when writing? I had several groups in mind, all of which I think will be interested and challenged by the book. For example, I am fa…

How Trump’s Assertion of “Power to Pardon” Tramples the American Sacred

By Spencer Dew

…lues, values which Philip Gorski, in his recent and impassioned defense of American civil religion, American Covenant, expands beyond simply freedom to include equality, “national solidarity (‘We, the People, in order to form a more perfect union’), the common good (or ‘general welfare’) and active citizenship,” suggesting that “civic inclusion and recognition should perhaps be added to our national creed as well.” Tyranny isn’t merely the opposit…