Closed-Door Conference in Poland Shows How US Conservative Christian Networks Export ‘Conversion Therapy’
On an October night in 2023, Focus on the Family’s Glenn T. Stanton stood on…
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Putin’s ‘Year of the Family’ Declaration Blends Russian Nationalism with the Far-Right Rhetoric of the Global Pro-Family Movement
On December 31, 2023, President Vladimir Putin wished Russia a “Happy New Year” from the…
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Alarming New Report Shows Attacks on Public Education Are Coordinated by Right-Wing Think Tanks
Religion Dispatches recently sat down with Isaac Kamola, associate professor of political science at Trinity…
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Between Butker, Candace Owens, and Nick Fuentes TradCaths are Having a Moment — A Moment With Something to Tell us About Christian Nationalism
Trads (or traditionalist Catholics) are having a moment. In the last four weeks alone, Kansas…
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Stop the Coup 2025 Founder on the Dangers of the Heritage Foundation’s Authoritarian Playbook
The Project 2025 plan published by the Heritage Foundation is, in the words of Peter…
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Comparing Gender Transition and Surrogacy to War and Human Trafficking, Vatican’s ‘Dignitas Infinita’ is an Intellectually Embarrassing and Harmful Mess
The good news about the Vatican’s recent document, “Dignitas Infinita: on Human Dignity” is that…
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‘Hell is a World Without You’ Shows Readers How Squarely They Would Have Been on Path to Jan 6 if They’d Come of Age in Evangelicalism
Jason Kirk’s first novel, Hell is a World Without You, tells the coming-of-age story of…
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As the Right Peddles a Conspiracy About Trans People and Easter, A Reflection on the Spiritual Nature of My Gender Transition
Sunday was Transgender Day of Visibility; it was also Easter, a holy day for many…
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A New Book Traces the Influence of Racism and Imperialism on White Christian Feminism
As a scholar of American evangelicalism, I often spend my time writing and teaching about…
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Bans on Gender Affirming Care for Youth Reveal Purity Culture Is More Than Just an Evangelical Problem
On March 22, Wyoming became the 24th state to pass legislation restricting gender affirming care…
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