Latest Book on Evangelical ‘Extremism’ Reflects Pervasive Tendency to Beat Up on Judaism to Save Jesus
Perhaps you’re in the crowd that’s baffled by the behavior of American evangelicals. How could…
Read MorePerhaps you’re in the crowd that’s baffled by the behavior of American evangelicals. How could…
Read MoreThe hot water into which Pope Francis has put himself regarding his Jewish friends continues…
Read MoreThe tenure of Pope Francis has been marked by his support for a host of…
Read MoreAs the Select Committee on the January 6th Insurrection is now investigating the terrorist attack…
Read MoreRecently, we identified Jewish Studies scholarship that is sexist, racist, and cisheteronormative, arguing that neoliberal…
Read MoreOver the past week, two prominent African-American celebrities have been condemned for promoting anti-Semitism because…
Read MoreWriting under a pseudonym in the Forward, a Christian lawyer dismissed the apocalyptic component of Christian Zionism urging readers to take evangelicals’ love for Jews at face value. But Chrissy Stroop, who was raised in fundamentalism, calls this gaslighting.
Read MoreO’Reilly and Dugard’s interpretation of the gospels in Killing Jesus was motivated by the same politics of resentment that Trump inherited from the Tea Party—a politics of fiscal, ethnic/racial, and religious conservatism.
Read MoreConcerned as we rightly are about the immediate human cost of Lori Gilbert Kaye’s awful murder and the trauma inflicted on the Poway and national Jewish communities, hardly anyone has delved into the theological causes behind Earnest’s actions, as confused as they may be.
Read MoreIf we do rebuild it, will we keep the supersessionist imagery that was fundamental to medieval Christianity—and to anti-Semitism as well? At the very least, artists, architects, historians, theologians, and—yes—politicians ought to grapple with, rather than unthinkingly follow, the instincts of one deeply unpopular president.
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