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Why Trump’s Religious Liberty Order is “a Whole Lot of Nothing”

By Sunnivie Brydum

…t electioneering by tax-exempt nonprofits, including churches. The order itself doesn’t explicitly mention the Johnson Amendment, but it does direct “all executive departments and agencies” to “respect and protect the freedom of persons and organizations to engage in religious and political speech.” It goes on to enumerate what “adverse actions” the Department of Treasury may not take to penalize religious groups or individuals for speaking “about…

Archbishops Try to Hold it Together, Order Re-Vote on Women Bishops

By Joanna Brooks

…e around. And it may also signal an institutional pushback against a numerically and organizationally ascendant evangelical conservative minority that counts among its numbers incoming Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. “The dominant feeling we have is that a terrible injustice has been done; that real democracy has been violated: 42 dioceses out of 44 voting in favor; the vast majority of people in the Synod voting for women bishops; and yet…

Persecution, Betrayal, and the Zero Sum Fight for Global Domination — Day 1 of NatCon 2024

By Annika Brockschmidt and Ben Lorber

…g outfits table in the hallway, doling out everything from stickers (“Biblical femininity, not feminism”) to texts for political operatives. Christian and conservative universities are well-represented, including St. Andrew’s, Hillsdale, and Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center. At other tables, representatives from policy-oriented think tanks like American Compass, Center for Renewing America, and the Claremont Institute—as well as Pr…

The Elite Movement Laying the Foundation for a MAGA That Will Outlast Trump and Remake America: Inside NatCon Part I

By Ben Lorber

“Most people can’t even articulate a political thought. Like, why do they get to vote? It’s stupid.” It’s the evening of September 11, and I’m sipping whiskey by the bar at a 4-star resort hotel in Miami, as a 29-year-old financial analyst, R., outlines his desire to dismantle democracy with an intense, focused composure. All around us, dozens of mostly young white men sporting smart blazers—a motley crew of conservative political operatives, thi…

GOP Candidate for PA Governor Affiliated with Far-Right Gun Church, ‘Rod of Iron Ministries’ — Here’s an Annotated Sermon by Leader Sean Moon

By Thomas Lecaque

…off his candidacy blowing a shofar and wearing a tallit. Mastriano’s political fortunes have risen specifically due to his links to Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but he’s also long been tied to extremist groups. And unfortunately, neither the media nor conservative voters appear to view him as a fringe candidate, as he has a reasonable shot of winning the GOP nomination. An early February poll by the Trafalgar Group, for example…

Belize Overturns Sodomy Law Defended by Religious Right, Ugandan Officials Will Continue to Suppress Gay Groups, And More on the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ignity, privacy, and equality before the law. The case had been brought by Caleb Orozco, director of United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM) more than six years ago. The Chief Justice ruled that the definition of “sex” in the country’s constitution, includes sexual orientation. BuzzFeed has the text of the ruling. Activists hope that the ruling will have an impact on other Caribbean countries; the attorney general of Antigua said that the governm…

How To Talk To “Nones” and Influence People: Rob Bell’s Transrational Experience

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…hen devote all your energy to living the best life you can. Don’t stop yourself from doing something you want to do. Just do it. Even if that thing is being an assistant regional manager of an insurance company—he actually says this—be the best assistant regional manager of an insurance company you can be. Work on something called your “craft.” (Even the insurance agent has a craft.) Also, pay attention to the details of life. Use the fine china….

Sarah Vowell’s The Wordy Shipmates: The Problem with Popularization

By Kathryn Lofton

…y observers have waxed happy hipster on mass mediocrity. Against this critical discernment, over the last forty years American studies and cultural studies have searched mightily for the intriguing crevices of commercial Teflon. They do so even as many of their colleagues shake their heads, mournfully. Since when did it become our job to make the popular seem smart? Every field in the humanities has popularizers, and every field has its cultured d…

The Accidental Worshiper: Following the Music

By Tripp Hudgins

…such a divide. Of course, it is important to note that Mars Hills’ evangelical strategy was sleuthed out and, after various scandals, the church has been dismantled and its pastor sent to find work elsewhere. This raises questions about the sincerity of purpose that cannot be ignored. I would argue that some of the best theology right now is being done by ethnomusicologists. Haynes’ feminist critique of Mars Hill is absolutely inspired and inspiri…

Conservative Republican Muslim Condemns Fox Report on Congressional Staffers as “Anti-Muslim Bigotry”

By Sarah Posner

Suhail Khan, a conservative Republican who served as a political appointee in the Bush administration and currently serves on the American Conservative Union board, calls the Fox News report asserting that the Congressional Muslim Staff Association poses a national security threat “anti-Muslim bigotry.” As I reported on Friday, the American Center for Law and Justice has jumped on the Fox report, amping up hysteria by calling for a Department of…