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Seeking Broad Appeal to US Christians, ‘God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism’ Glosses Over Critical Context

By Chrissy Stroop

…and historians Anthea Butler and Kristin Kobes du Mez are interwoven with compelling archival footage and interviews with other public figures. Yet this honest accounting is incomplete and consistently undermined by the repetition of talking points from numerous Christian voices, some that actually support inclusion and social justice and others that very much do not—although the film makes no distinction between them. These Christians make attem…

‘We’re all in this together’: The Perils of Kumbaya Rhetoric

By Peter Laarman

…l: “We’re all in this together”: How is this not a colossal lie that gives comfort to the already comfortable while insulting those who suffer most? A virus may not discriminate, but a society that does—and in a huge way—is the exact opposite of one in which all suffer together, experiencing comparable levels of fear and dread. “We salute our heroes”: A more truthful form of this throwaway expression would be “We salute our sacrificial victims.” M…

I Agree: Critical Race Theory is Indeed Incompatible With Southern Baptist Convention’s ‘Faith and Message’

By Miguel A. De La Torre

…on to recruit Black and Brown faces with white voices whose assimilation becomes proof-text proving that these six white men and their white institutions are not racist. As you probably know, Critical Race Theory understands racism not as biological, but as a social construct designed consciously or unconsciously to further the power, profit and privilege of white people. These constructs are naturalized and legitimized through social structures a…

Turn on the News: Some Abortion Opponents May Opt For a New Vaccine, But Behind Their Skepticism it’s Often a Different Story — of Disinformation, Conspiratorial Thinking, and White Nationalism

By Daniel Schultz

…or their religious or racial identity, or their need for quick answers to complex problems that absolve them and their community of blame. It seems to me that the story of COVID and vaccination can’t be understood without probing those facets. That’s particularly true when looking at the religious dimensions of the pandemic. Sure, Novavax might win over some religious vaccine skeptics. But what drives those skeptics in the first place? That’s wha…

Evangelicals Clutching Pearls Over Student Debt Relief: Lord Have Mercy!

By Peter Laarman

…weighing of unintended consequences as we pursue human flourishing and the common good. This, too, is a standard maneuver in the evangelical world: an appeal to “pursue the common good” without getting too specific. But what really got my attention is how Stefani McDade and her CT editors let the Cato Christian get away with a bald-faced lie that comes directly from the Republican playbook. This is the canard, unsubstantiated anywhere, that reliev…

In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education

By Junaid Jahangir

…nging rainbow flags to promote Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is a cheap tactic if LGBTQ employees are treated poorly when it comes to pay, benefits, leave, promotion, and job security. Divide-and-rule is not a new tactic, for it’s well known in the Indian subcontinent that the British pitted one local Raja against the other based on tribe, religion, or caste—among other factors. The same applies to corporations as they stoke divisiveness…

Why Conservatives Really Oppose Federal Aid for the ‘Undeserving’

By Daniel Schultz

…take much to work that out. But where does the instinct for class warfare come from? I think Stoehr is right to frame his argument in religious terms: heavenly import, sacrilege, faith and ideology, which is faith’s steely cousin. A number of years ago, I was chatting with the theologian Walter Brueggemann’s then-wife Mary on a Sunday morning. She told me she’d been bemoaning some bit of racial egregiousness or another to her husband, and asked h…

70th National Prayer Breakfast Made ‘Cosmetic’ Changes, But Biden Delivered the Same Old Tone-Deaf ‘Unity’ Message

By Chrissy Stroop

…, Biden told those gathered on the House floor and at the Hilton “that joy comes when we apply the commandments of Scripture” before subsuming the diversity of Americans, including “people of all faiths, some people of no faith” under “the infinite creativity of God who is able to see His [capital H in original] reflection in countless ways in different people.” As someone who does not believe in God, I do not appreciate having my identity appropr…

New Reports Reveal Global Persecution of Nonbelievers

By Austin Dacey

…ome of these cases, the governments even threatened to prosecute those who commented on, or “liked” or re-tweeted, the offending comments. In May, the Pakistan government went so far as to block all access to Twitter in the country because of objections to “blasphemous content.” The IHEU reports being contacted by an increasing number of secularist groups organizing on Facebook, including groups in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, I…

Broadcast Officials in China Censor Gay TV Characters

By Peter Montgomery

…minatory laws – especially those that criminalize homosexuality. The first comment on the news story comes from a pastor arguing that homosexuality should be criminalized as a “crime against God and against the Holy Bible.” Columbia: First Same-Sex Couple Registers Overseas Marriage Two men made history this week as the first same-sex couple to officially register their marriage, which was celebrated in Spain in 2013. They men had been turned down…