Religion Dispatches
Once again, the Women’s March has been derailed due to the national leadership’s connections to Louis Farrakhan. But Jews have had their own Farrakhans. And many Jews certainly have not treated them, related to them, or engaged with them as they expect American Muslims and African Americans to now treat Farrakhan.
Read MoreTo entice the Turkish president to go easy on Saudi Arabia, the Trump administration floated the idea of extraditing a permanent U.S. resident who would likely face serious punishment.
Read MoreA growing number of Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim voters represent areas that once boasted white, Christian, college-educated voters. It’s easy to see how an administration that’s doubled down on xenophobia has imperiled Republicans’ outreach efforts.
Read MoreThis year’s electorate resembles a presidential cycle as much as a midterm. So it might be helpful to compare 2018 both to previous midterms and to 2016.
Read MoreThe white nationalism of the Tea Party and Trump represents an “authentic” expression of the main spiritual current in American history, which is about subjugation and supremacy and greed.
Read MoreEven as many white evangelical women speak about traditionally liberal topics, they refuse to openly discuss America’s deep political divides.
Read MoreIt’s not hard to extend the bishops’ logic on discrimination against LGBTQ foster parents to the assertion that Christian social services agencies shouldn’t be “discriminated” against for refusing to work with Jews and Muslims.
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Evangelicals—and those who are strongly invested in a “respectable” image for evangelicalism—now seem to be making a concerted effort to push back ahead of the midterm elections.
Read MoreWhite evangelical Protestants have the dubious distinction of turning the blindest eye among religious groups to systemic racism in police brutality against Black men.
Read MoreThe assertion that “Islam isn’t a religion” should be a cause for concern among conservative Christians as it can so easily and destructively be turned on Christian minorities in other parts of the world.
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