Alabama’s IVF Ruling Reveals Deep Ties to This Increasingly Influential Christian Right Movement
In the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling that sent shockwaves through the country, the word…
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Bill Mill-ennialism: Arkansas’ End Times Politics May Be Coming to a State Near You
It was the best of the end times. It was the worst of the end…
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The Wrong Man: Why Falwell’s Paying for His Indiscretion But Trump Gets a Pass
When news broke this past Friday that a controversial Instagram photo would result in Jerry…
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Tearing Down Evangelical Icons: Why Penn’s Decision to Remove George Whitefield Statue May Be Good for American Evangelicalism
It’s a curious fact of history that a statue of John Wesley stands prominently ensconced…
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State Director of Christian Right Legislative Group, ‘Project Blitz,’ Calls for Lynching of Rep. Ilhan Omar (Updated)
UPDATE, July 27, 2020: Rev. Dale Witherington recently returned to the scene of his Facebook…
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Beyond ‘Thoughts and Prayers’: How the Christian Right’s Politics of Providentialism Keeps America from Addressing Gun Violence
In order for the GOP leadership to continue to do nothing on guns they need loyal foot soldiers to deliver messaging that appeals to their base. What this messaging, familiar to those of us who grew up in the Christian Right, tells us about the “soul” of the Republican Party is not pretty.
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A Somewhat Cynical Take On The Future And Soul Of Evangelicalism
Hidely-ho, readerinos! It’s time for one of our favorite running gags around the RD religio-sphere,…
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Is Christianity Greening? Depends On Who (and How) You Ask
One of the most vexing questions to confront Christians in this post-Christendom age is how…
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#Churchtoo: Apology of Evangelical Pastor Accused of Sexual Assault Shows Why Sorry Isn’t Enough
As the #metoo movement shines a necessary, long overdue light on men in the workplace…
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#ItsNotUs: Being Evangelical Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
The defenders of “respectable” evangelicalism were out in force in 2017. In newspapers, magazines, and…
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