The Most Ridiculous Responses to the Vatican’s Call-out of the Catho–Christian Right
It’s not surprising that the apparently Vatican-approved denouncement of the conservative Catholic-Christian alliance that has…
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A President “Anointed By God”: POTUS Shield and Religious Right’s Affair with Trump
People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch this month published an important report by…
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Jesus Said Punch Up, Not Down: Why William Barber’s Attack on the Religious Right May Not Be What It Seems
William Barber, rising face of the religious left, managed to kick up some dust last…
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Southern Baptist Convention Kicks Out Gay Attendees, Waffles on White Supremacists
While the Southern Baptist Convention considers whether or not to denounce white supremacy and the…
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Another Far Right Theocrat Shows up on the Trump Team
Jay Sekulow has been making the rounds at right-wing media outlets (Fox, PJ Media, WND,…
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Why The Religious Left Isn’t Coming Together, and Why It Matters
So my article from last week on the supposedly emerging religious left has attracted some…
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The Gaines Brouhaha, BuzzFeed’s Gift to the Religious Right’s Martyr-Making Machinery
Churchgoers have all kinds of reasons for choosing to worship where they do and that’s a zone of privacy that should generally be respected.
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Rising to Heaven in a Secular Rapture: Trump’s Golden Promises
An interview with sociologist Arlie Hochschild on her years in Tea Party territory.
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When Being “Christian” Means Supporting Trump: An Argument For Hiding Your Faith
I am not arguing that Clinton is the obvious choice for Christian voters, just that Trump is obviously not.
Read MoreRD’s Neil Young Discusses Trump’s Conservative Christian Support on ABC
Australia’s state-owned public broadcaster interviewed RD’s Neil J. Young on his most recent post, Leave it…
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