Harry Jackson Shakes Religious Right Money Tree for “Below the Radar” Anti-Obama Campaign
Looking for friends to help raise $1.5 million for swing-state campaign.
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The 50 Shades of Evangelicalism
Once we understand that there are shades of evangelicalism, and that they manifest in a variety of political convictions, perhaps we can recognize that religious beliefs deserve legitimate space in the public square.
Read MoreThe Religious Right, the Bible, and Slavery
Should Christians ignore or exploit slaves-obey-your-masters verses?
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Blankets, Booties, and Jesus: Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas
Where Bush would sign something because anti-choice was his base, Perry actively instigates. A report from the frontlines of the kinder, gentler scorched-earth campaign against abortion and birth control in Texas.
Read MoreRomney Stands Up to Bryan Fischer at Values Voters Summit
A turning point for anti-Mormon sentiment in the GOP?
Read MoreEvangelicals Call Christian Zionist Uncritical “Support” for Israel “Appalling” and “Intolerable”
Two leading scholars plead for Christian Zionists “to find a better way” to “love Israel.”
Read MoreDiagnosing Robertson’s Alzheimer’s Statement
A “brain expert” questions the televangelist’s mental health.
Read MoreDominion Theology, Christian Reconstructionism, and the New Apostolic Reformation
How cross-pollination helped build the religious right.
Read MorePolitical Reporters Start Reading Religious Right Books
In asking “Is Rick Perry Dumb?” Politico notes he’s reading a book by a Southern Baptist minister.
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Paranoia and the Progressive Press: A Response to WaPo’s Religion Columnist
Last week, Lisa Miller, religion writer and editor (Newsweek and the Washington Post) filed an op-ed in which she fulminated against “the left” and journalists who have raised concerns about the influence of dominionist thinkers on Republican presidential candidates like Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry.
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