Is Being Trans a Religion? Why the Christian Right Wants You to Think So
Have you noticed how common it is for right-wingers to describe things they oppose in…
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Satanic or Systemic? Promise Keepers Are Back and Looking to End Racism Via ‘Trickle-Down Racial Reconciliation’
This past weekend at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, marked the official public return of…
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How Far Will White Christians Go to Maintain Power? An Interview with Robert Jones
Robert P. Jones is CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and…
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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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Critical Race Theory is Just the Latest Battle — ‘The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy’
Last month, the internal politics of the Southern Baptist Convention became national news after Ed…
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Confronting the Rise in Conspiracy Thinking … With Wisdom Literature
Oh, dear. The fringes are coming together. As reported by the Washington Post, a new…
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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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Where Did White Evangelicalism’s Hatred of Critical Race Theory Really Begin?
Critical Race Theory (CRT), the academic study in which students and scholars examine how race…
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Red Pop and Freedom: How (And How Not) to Celebrate Juneteenth, a New Federal Holiday
On June 15th, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a bill making Juneteenth a…
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This Quote About ‘Pregnant’ Church From Outgoing SBC President is Deeply Troubling For Anyone Concerned About Sexual Abuse
“Whenever the church gets in bed with politics, the church gets pregnant. And our…
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