And the Violent Bear It Away? Disciplined Nonviolence and the Coming Election Emergency
A few weeks back I reached out to around 60 friends and colleagues whom I’ve…
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Fundraising for Kyle Rittenhouse Reveals American Christianity’s White Supremacy Problem
Christianity has long had a white supremacy problem. The Kenosha aftermath has just made it…
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Falwell’s Fall Was Unrelated to the Anti-Science, Racism, and Patriarchy Trifecta that Built Liberty
Four years after he played a key role in shifting white evangelical support from Ted…
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Gun-Wielding White Couple Make Perfect Protagonists for Republican Convention’s ‘Great American Story’
Among the more surprising inclusions at the 2020 Republican National Convention was Patricia and Mark…
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The Absence of Public, Visible Mourning Has Weakened Our Ability to Fight COVID
In May, when the US hit 90,000 Covid-19 related deaths, the Washington Post, published a…
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In Convention Event Democrats Embrace the ‘Nones’
What does it mean to put pluralism into practice? This is a serious question of…
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Christian Schools Invoke Religious Liberty to Reopen Despite Warnings of Health Experts
Here on RD, I took a look at the legal case against exempting churches from…
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Sadism is Still the Point for Most White Evangelicals
There’s still too much confusion over the president’s bond with white evangelical Protestants (WEPs). I…
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The Wrong Man: Why Falwell’s Paying for His Indiscretion But Trump Gets a Pass
When news broke this past Friday that a controversial Instagram photo would result in Jerry…
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The Left Behind: Why Are White American Christians So Racist?
Robert Jones, founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, has been doing the op-ed thing…
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