Irony Repeats Itself: Reconsidering Reinhold Niebuhr in the Trump Era
For the third time in this young century, Reinhold Niebuhr is getting another splash of…
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Tea Party, Circa 1930s: A Response to Michael Kazin
While the money for the Tea Party may have originated in the conservative revival of the ’70s, when it comes to ideology and language, it stretches back much further, to FDR’s New Deal, when coalitions of businessmen and religious leaders began their fight against ‘socialism.’
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Fix the Economy GOD’$ WAY: Dave Ramsey’s Great Christian Recovery
In Dave Ramsey’s plan, God looks an awful lot like a libertarian with a conservative American protestant streak.
Read MoreReligious Right Historian: Net Neutrality is “Unbiblical Socialism”
A window into a world where ‘freedom’ is purely economic.
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Will the Religious Side with Workers?
At this moment the embattled US labor movement urgently needs strong community-based allies and much greater moral legitimation, yet broad-based strategic and moral support from the religious side has been slow to materialize.
Read MoreRehabilitating McCarthy: Doug Phillips’ Festival Award
Award-winning movie is perfect synthesis of Christian Right with Tea Party ideology.
Read MoreGreat Moments In Bipartisanship: Bible Edition
Jesus says, “Blessed are the poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.” GOP leaders immediately label this socialism.
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