Tearing Down Evangelical Icons: Why Penn’s Decision to Remove George Whitefield Statue May Be Good for American Evangelicalism
It’s a curious fact of history that a statue of John Wesley stands prominently ensconced…
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State Director of Christian Right Legislative Group, ‘Project Blitz,’ Calls for Lynching of Rep. Ilhan Omar (Updated)
UPDATE, July 27, 2020: Rev. Dale Witherington recently returned to the scene of his Facebook…
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Will Trump’s Weakness Threaten White Evangelical Support?
White evangelicals were critical to the election of Donald Trump in 2016, and over the…
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Using ‘a Little Bad History’ The Supreme Court Just Gutted Church-State Separation in 38 States
James G. Blaine is largely unknown today. For two decades of the late nineteenth century,…
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Behind a Recent Stunt in Idaho Lies a Dangerous Theocratic Movement
Last Tuesday, just days before Idaho became one of a handful states to see a…
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Exclusive: Why Did Chicago Public Schools Just Quietly Drop Transcendental Meditation?
Three years ago, as a part of its mission to teach Transcendental Meditation to a…
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Neil Gorsuch Shows How Donald Trump Loses (Some) White Evangelical Christians
When it comes to the president’s support among white evangelical Christians, my first instinct is…
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Why Didn’t Trump Lie About His Bible?
The president of the United States is known the world over for his infidelity to…
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The Racist Message of Do-Nothing Religion, Courtesy of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
In the wake of widespread protests against police brutality, Americans are looking to their leaders…
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A Sliver of White Evangelicals Abandoning Trump, But That May Be Enough
Donald Trump is losing the 2020 election, but you’d hardly know it by looking at…
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