‘Pro-Life’ Theater, Open White Nationalism, and Virility Fear — Day 3 of NatCon
The closing day of NatCon 2024 (day 3) opened with a benediction by Reverend Uriesou…
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Grab ‘n Go – Investigative Thriller Follows Covert Efforts to Control the Source of Life But Comes Up Short on Analysis
Mainly curiosity—along with a nudge from RD—got me to pay my eight bucks to watch…
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Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of Carson v. Makin SCOTUS Ruling
The two Christian schools at the center of Carson v. Makin—the case in which the…
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Christian Health Sharing Ministries Aren’t All Corrupt — But Here’s Why They Are a Problem
In my previous column here at RD, I used historical retrospective and my personal memories…
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No More Pencils, No More Books: The Ultimate Goal of All Those Anti-Education Bills That Nobody’s Talking About
There’s an important element missing in our national conversation about the flood of legislation attacking…
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What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling
God’s Not Dead: We The People is the fourth installment of Pure Flix’s movie series…
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2021 National Prayer Breakfast: A Kinder Gentler Christian Capitalism
The 2021 National Prayer Breakfast (NPB), held annually the first Thursday in February and attended…
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I Grew Up Evangelical and the Christian Nationalist Insurrection Did Not Surprise Me
On Wednesday, January 6, I, like almost everyone else in America, watched as a mob…
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Where Were They Radicalized? No Answer is Complete Without Addressing Evangelical Churches and Schooling
As the United States prepares for the end of a nightmarish one-term presidency that seemed…
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Why the Media and Democrats Should Reject the Christian Right’s Pearl-Clutching and Address Problematic Religious Views
America is trapped in an abusive relationship—not just with the pussy-grabbing President Donald Trump, our…
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