If We Don’t Counter Far-Right Christianity, 1/6 Will Just Be the Beginning
For years, far-right faith groups have become increasingly intertwined with extreme conservative political beliefs like…
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Facing White Christianity’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection
On Jan. 20, 2021, President Joe Biden became the first commander in chief to use…
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Whose House? Their House: Just Who Was Held Accountable for the 1/6 Insurrection is Telling
Almost as soon as the tear gas cleared from the Capitol grounds on Jan 6,…
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‘Cult’ Is an Inaccurate, Unhelpful and Dangerous Label for Followers of Trump, QAnon, and 1/6
In the twentieth century the word “cult” (originally meaning “worship”) became a pejorative word that…
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Guns, God and Government — The Coming of White Minority Rule?
In 2012 James Carville was ecstatic on CNN as incumbent President Barack Obama had just…
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Convergence of Far-Right, Anti-Democratic Factions in the Northwest Could Provide a Model for the Rest of the Nation
The city of Spokane, Washington sits at the eastern edge of the state—a mountain range…
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Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
Christian Nationalism is like a skeleton key that can help us understand the motivations for…
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How Postwar Germany’s Witchcraft Trials Can Help Us Understand QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories
Doing research in a branch of the state library in Berlin a few years ago,…
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Making Muffins and Troops for Spiritual Warfare: The Godly Women of Instagram
Selfies and photojournalists’ images reveal mostly white men at January 6th’s Trump rally and siege…
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Does Biden’s Inauguration Signal a ‘Third Reconstruction’?
Steny Hoyer was right, and we should thank the House Majority leader for clarifying things….
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