Religion Dispatches
The president reminds Glenn Beck, and those who identify with his neo-white nationalism, of the lie of their own professed superiority. The pride with which this segment of society has rallied the troops around its shared sense of whiteness reveals that their skin color is the one true object of pledged allegiance and determinant of professed patriotism.
Read MoreOver at Salon.com, Frances Kissling has fighting words for self-proclaimed “religious progressives” who are pressing to bypass compromises and including even greater restrictions on abortion.
Read MoreAnd for that matter, why is an influential blogger writing straight from dubious press releases?
Read MoreSenator Obama has contributed to a conception of responsible African American fatherhood as the shocking exception as opposed to the standard norm.
Read MoreDoes Rep. Wilson’s outburst before the president signal something deeper about the state of our national rituals?
Read MoreObama’s proposal is too timid: How about asking religious groups to really step up?
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The conservatives who were frightened by Obama’s speech to schoolchildren weren’t afraid he’d say something radical—quite the contrary—they were afraid that the president would sound moderate and human. The real question, why did they buy the fear? is impossible to answer without considering religion.
Read MoreIs Obama pulling a Dukakis, allowing all that anger and anxiety that could’ve been used for good to just slip away?
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The President is reaching out to faith leaders to help reframe the health care debates in moral terms, and religious progressives are heeding the call(s).
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When an Arizona man brought guns to an Obama speech the story went unnoticed by a media prone to seeing such people as lone nuts. A look at the sermons of his virulently anti-gay pastor who’s been praying for Obama’s death, however, reveals similarities to a far right theology associated with militias, radical prolifers, and proponents of theocracy.
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