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Racialization Meets Purity Culture: Abortion Criminalization Cases Confirm That It’s Always Been About Controlling Women’s Bodies And Protecting the ‘Ideal’ American Family

By Mihee Kim-Kort

…of the cultural discourse around women’s bodies, and even more so in these last election cycles when political conservatives have felt emboldened to loudly voice their anti-abortion perspectives. What we’re also seeing more and more of is how these political views cannot be excised from their explicitly conservative Christian roots. One of the major strands is found in American evangelical thought which shapes these lines by the twinned ideals of…

Pray Vote Stand 2022 Kicks Off With Some Head-Scratchers on Predictable Topics

By PRA Staff

…a, it’s telling that the Family Research Council brought the conference to Atlanta. Mohler reminds the audience that, come November’s midterm elections, the whole country “will be looking at Georgia.” Georgia’s Senate hopefuls Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock were both invited to speak at Pray Vote Stand on Friday. Neither is confirmed, but we will let you know. Dr. Mohler and Allie Beth Stuckley, host of BlazeTV’s Relatable, a conservative new…

‘It’s Time to Defend our Children Outside of the Womb’: Pray Vote Stand Connects Anti-Abortion and Anti-Trans Messages

By PRA Staff

…esident Harris’ home, to a roomful of cheers. Starnes complains that “our classrooms are the front lines of the sexual revolution,” referencing Drag Queen Story Hour “transgenderism,” and more. “What they are doing in our public schools is not just criminal—it is sinful.” But the audience goes bananas over Starnes’ anti-trans joke: “Now you may say I didn’t need that cheesecake,” he says, gesturing toward his body, “but what if I told you I was tr…

Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community

By Andre E. Key, Walter Isaac, and Tamar Manasseh

…mething to Say.” Moving from the margins of the culture to its center, the Atlanta emcee was putting the hip-hop community on notice that Southern rappers had their own style. They didn’t need to imitate the content, norms, and styles of their East Coast and West Coast colleagues, because they had a distinct and culturally-rooted approach to the genre. Similarly, in the wake of public outcries about antisemitism and religious animosity, Andre3000’…

We Would Be Wise to Pay Attention to Trump’s Apocalyptic QAnon Posting Spree

By Thomas Lecaque

…ding a variety of Democratic politicians, celebrities, and public servants numbering in the thousands, and then public executions and the works. That last bit is really the key: the Day of the Rope, from the White supremacist guidebook/novel The Turner Diaries, reimagined for a Christofascist eschatological vision. That call for violence permeates the current campaign, from its opening rally in Waco last year onwards. And that image is not a one o…

The ‘Spiritual Warfare’ Worldview of Trump’s Conspiracy Doctor is Part of a Transnational Movement

By André Gagné

…reaction to Immanuel’s claims was so overwhelming that #demonsperm trended last Tuesday on Twitter and some media outlets are now calling her “Dr. Demon Sperm.” Now, Immanuel’s beliefs sound completely outlandish, as those of someone who has lost touch with reality, but why does she believe such ideas and from where do they originate? To have a better sense of what this means, one can get a clue through the teachings of the pastor she sees as her…

Chick-fil-A: Have More Wives?

By Peter Montgomery

…athy’s intent would have been plenty clear even if he didn’t expound to an Atlanta radio station: “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,’” said Cathy. “I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we would have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about,” he added. Matti…

Louie Giglio ‘White Blessing’ Incident Reveals Something Critical About Evangelical Efforts to Address Racism

By Jeremy L. Sabella

On June 14th, as the city of Atlanta reeled from the murder of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of white police officers two days prior, white evangelical Christian pastor Louie Giglio hosted a panel on race at his Passion City Church. While sharing the stage with Black Christian rapper Lecrae and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy, Giglio said the following: “We understand the curse that was slavery, white people do, and we say that was bad, but we miss the…

Hajj Journal: The Journey Begins and Ends

By Amina Wadud

…time I’ve been on a plane where 50% of the seats are business- and first-class. Sorta gives you an idea who comes to the Kingdom, among Muslims and non-Muslims alike: big business. Okay, so the flight is not exclusive to hajjis, but when we arrive they announce for us hajjis to remain on the plane and disembark last. Let the other passengers, many whom will transfer to domestic flights, get off first. Well, if the rest of us are hajjis, we don’t…

Fake Rabbi Showdown

By Peter Manseau

…ncer.” Those were more or less my thoughts while watching the spectacle of Atlanta megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long proclaimed king “on behalf of the Jewish people” by a fellow calling himself “Rabbi Ralph Messer.” As seen in a video now going viral (and as noted by my RD colleague Anthea Butler), the crowning ceremony occurred last weekend. It includes such cringe-inducing moments as Messer unrolling a Torah scroll and wrapping Bishop Long in…