If the Family Research Council is a ‘Church’ I’m a #TaxTheChurches Supporter
Like other authoritarians, right-wing Christians often prefer to minimize transparency in order to avoid accountability….
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Not Peace, But Division? Evangelical Vaccine Refusers Divide Families
A friend of mine was raised in a family that was quirky, sarcastic, into alternative…
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Attack on the US Capitol Has Many Journos Finally Taking White Evangelical Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism Seriously
A month ago, I argued here on RD that America’s national conversation about Christianity is…
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Whether it’s Celebrated by CT or Denied in NYC, Evangelical Proselytizing Isn’t in Quarantine
One has to imagine that the rabidly anti-LGBTQ Franklin Graham, President and CEO of the…
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A ‘Pro-Life’ Buttigieg Ambush, Trump’s Corrupt Counsel, and More
A smidge less than a half-dozen items at the intersection of religion and politics for…
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Billy Graham Was More Like White America’s Surrogate Savior Than “America’s Pastor”
OK, I completely understand why the Graham family and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association would cotton…
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Billy Graham, Most Famous Religious Figure of 20th C, Dies at 99
Billy Graham, by any measure the most famous religious figure of the twentieth century, died today [at his home in Montreat, North Carolina]. He was ninety-nine years old.
In a career that extended well over half a century, Graham took a simple evangelical message – give your heart…
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I Created the Hashtag #EmptythePews Because It’s Time for Evangelicals To Walk Out of Toxic Churches
Have you been waiting for any prominent conservative evangelical leaders to withdraw or temper their…
Read MoreFranklin Graham Blames Democrats for Escalating Tensions with Russia
For someone professing to be convinced that “God” placed Donald J. Trump in the office…
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Pence Meets With One of Putin’s Top Clerics: Strange Bedfellows at BGEA’s World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians
Yesterday, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence made headlines for his appearance at the Billy Graham Evangelistic…
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