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Biden’s New ‘Restore the Soul of a Nation’ Ad Aimed at Black Voters Wary of the Frontrunner’s Dodgy History

By Peter Laarman

…assuring images of the former veep with Obama and to Uncle Joe’s good poll numbers. It’s predictable high-budget work, predictable in part because we know in our bones what Biden is up to. Earlier Biden videos and some of his live campaign pitches seemed to be testing out the “healing the soul” concept. In the video announcing his run, Biden also ran footage of the neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville before turning to the camera to intone “and t…

Yes, Virginia: There IS a War on Christmas: Its Revolutionary Meaning is Inverted in the Winner-Take-All Era

By Peter Laarman

…while further humiliating the poor. This as true in our time as it was in Charles Dickens’ time. But unlike the Victorians who read Dickens and pressed for reform, we appear incapable of becoming outraged about it. Our best journalists give us grim reports on the shocking injury rates in Amazon warehouses (but Jeff Bezos pays his workers $12.50—hooray!) along with bulletins about the latest insults to the most vulnerable: new work requirements fo…

The Myth of the Pro-Life Swing Voter the Dems Must Chase

By Daniel Schultz

…choice are included, despite their being plentiful and friendly with microphones. Where are their voices? Are only pro-life Catholics worth an interview? Are only pro-life Catholics truly Christian? Remember, the article frames it as the “risk [of] alienating religious voters,” a misleading and inaccurate statement. I want to be quite clear that the people mentioned are all entitled to their opinion, and they have as much right to press for their…

How ‘The Seven Missions’ of the ‘Doomsday Couple’ Connect Them to the Larger LDS Prophecy Subculture

By Christopher James Blythe

…have been able to offer much insight into a document released last week, a numbered list that Chad sent to Lori in January 2019 entitled, “Seven missions to accomplish together,” which reveals how their beliefs relate to this larger movement. The list as it appears in the document is as follows: Translate ancient records Write the book about the translation process Identify locations in northeast Arizona for white camps Presidency of the Church of…

Using ‘a Little Bad History’ The Supreme Court Just Gutted Church-State Separation in 38 States

By Steven K. Green

…, at the time the state adopted its no-aid provision Catholic adherents outnumbered Protestants by a 3-to-1 margin, and several of the state’s leading public officials were Catholic. The situations in other states also varied widely. More broadly, the opinions in Espinoza raise questions about the Court’s use of history, particularly when it becomes a rule of constitutional law. History is “complex,” as Chief Justice Roberts acknowledged and Justi…

Why the Media and Democrats Should Reject the Christian Right’s Pearl-Clutching and Address Problematic Religious Views

By Chrissy Stroop

…rly egregious example of the latter, Fordham University theology professor Charles C. Camosy argued in Religion News Service that there is no reason to view Barrett’s desire to “advance the Kingdom of God” through law as substantially different from the devotion of liberal Christians like President Obama to their version of that ideal. “Neither is a dangerous theocrat,” Camosy tells us flatly, even claiming that “Kingdom of God” rhetoric, no matte…

‘People You May Know’ Reveals a War on Democracy Being Waged With Big Data [Part II]

By Chrissy Stroop

Below is the second of a two-part interview with Charles Kriel and Katharina Gellein Viken on their new documentary, People You May Know. Read the first part here. — eds *** CS: Let’s talk some more about churches and tech in the context of outreach. The big question I have is, were you surprised to find churches engaging in what we might consider predatory behavior? I think I gathered from the film that you find that a lot of pastors at these sm…

There is Another Reason Trump Refuses to Concede the Election

By Chad Bauman

…ovement, having survived a 2007 investigation opened by Republican Senator Charles Grassley into her finances (and those of several other prosperity preachers). As election returns showed the president’s early lead evaporating into the ether last Wednesday, White-Cain broadcasted a prayer service in which she spoke in tongues, called on God to discharge angels from Africa to aid the president’s reelection, and rap-prophesied that she could hear “v…

Not All Christians are Terrorists

By Reuven Firestone

…urch in Columbia, walked into a study session at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. After sitting for an hour he shot nearly everybody at the meeting. That was an act of terror. He was not a Muslim. As far as we know he was acting alone, like the Tsarnaev brothers, though both were undoubtedly influenced by organized groups through social media and other electronic sources. Was Christianity the motivation for Roof’s brutal violence? One could m…

We Can’t Spiritualize Our Way out of American Polarization

By Chrissy Stroop

…ut religion and society. Drawing on the Catholic communitarian philosopher Charles Taylor, Worthen offers a breezy assessment of America’s polarization as resulting from the “old spiritual cravings” that “we” are supposedly trying, and failing, to meet through politics, a problem that conveniently afflicts “both sides” of the American political spectrum, even though only one side incited a conspiracy-fueled, violent insurrection at the Capitol on…