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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It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
I’ve always been fond of the “Charlie Brown with the football” series from Peanuts. The…
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What Does Satanism Have to do With QAnon?
Outsiders to the QAnon conspiracy system evolving over the past few years may be confused…
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The Religious Reason Many Americans Refuse to Wear Masks
Even in the most evangelical phase of my life, when I was a college student…
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Fact Check: Is the Evangelical Youth-Inspired Great ‘Awokening’ Just Around the Corner?
Early in George W. Bush’s second term, not long after I started my Ph.D. work…
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Are Evangelicals Sweetness and Light or Enablers of Cruelty and Racism? Gender Roles Hint at an Answer
Have white evangelicals been unfairly demonized by scholars and pundits alike in the run-up to…
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Christian Right Claims to be ‘Above Politics’ Are Unbelievable
Have you ever noticed that for hardline ideologues, only their opponents are “doing politics,” while…
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Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP
Thirty-five years before Donald Trump descended the escalator of his gaudy Manhattan skyscraper to launch…
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News Flash: Christian Supporters of Kenosha Killer are Christians
With white evangelicals, America’s most pro-Trump demographic, currently in the news for sex scandals, committing…
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Fundraising for Kyle Rittenhouse Reveals American Christianity’s White Supremacy Problem
Christianity has long had a white supremacy problem. The Kenosha aftermath has just made it…
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