RD News Round-Up—September 22, 2008
Evangelicals on torture; BornAliveTruth.org targets Obama; Focus on the Family and gays; the Evangelical Youth Vote; Regnery’s Islamophobia; the Religious Left
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Remembering Rumsfeld: The Defense Department Gospel and America’s Desert Crusade
Bush-era intelligence briefings featured cover pages subtitled with decontextualized and misunderstood scripture in deference to the piety of the administration. Where were the Christian and Jewish moderates, and why didn’t they denounce this extremism?
Read MoreBy the Way: Richard Land’s Non-Apology
The religious right leader’s apology for offensive remarks to the Jewish and female senators falls flat.
Read MoreChristian Radio, Muslim Radio
“This state of affairs in Christian radio is ironically reminiscent of how Salafi media outlets and websites dominated the early years of the Islamic Internet…”
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Evangelical Church of Torture and Jack Bauer
A recent poll showed that white evangelicals are the religious group most likely to support torture. How can that be?
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RDBook: Selling the Good News
Who put the mega in megachurch? Two new books, one on star evangelicals and one that focuses on African-American televangelists, tell the story—and explain the remarkable influence of celebrity preachers in the religious marketplace.
Read MoreDispatches From: Inside the Beltway
Note to the media: time for a new evangelical script…
Read MoreLiberal Evangelicals Growing, Unlike Their Coverage
To get the story right, reporters will need to ask the right questions.
Read MorePainting Elephants
This year saw the first breakaway meeting of Southern Baptists who oppose the fundamentalist takeover of their denomination.
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McChurch Picks Up Progressive Endorsements
Brian McLaren, a.k.a. the original “new kind” of Christian, has launched…
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