the duggars

Sarah PosnerApril 8, 2011

What Happens If the Bible Is the “Owner’s Manual For Life”

By Sarah Posner

The real strategy behind the Planned Parenthood/UNFPA riders.

Politics/LawMarch 15, 2011

Islamophobia by PowerPoint

By Julie Ingersoll

An afternoon with credential-free expert William Federer and his fact-challenged “What Every American Needs to Know About the Koran.”

Sarah PosnerFebruary 25, 2011

Pence Amendment not Just About Abortion, but About Thwarting Contraception

By Sarah Posner

Influential conservative journal blames society’s woes on contraception.

Politics/LawFebruary 9, 2011

“Taliban Dan’s” Teacher: Inside Bill Gothard’s Authoritarian Subculture

By Sarah Posner

76-year-old never-married evangelist Bill Gothard teaches a form of wifely submission that another evangelical theologian has referred to as “the basest form of male chauvinism I have ever heard in a Christian context.” Sarah Posner had the chance to speak at length with the controversial religious leader, as well as with critics and former adherents. The picture that emerges shows the risk, and the devastation, of the abuse of spiritual authority.

Julie IngersollDecember 29, 2010

2010: A Banner Year for Biblical Patriarchy

By Julie Ingersoll

A look at Christian Reconstructionist Vision Forum’s year end report.

Julie IngersollDecember 6, 2010

Homeschooling and American Exceptionalism

By Julie Ingersoll

The incoming congress includes the first homeschooled member and a homeschooling activist.

Sexuality/GenderOctober 25, 2010

Replacing Godless Hollywood with Bible-Based “Cultural Dominion”

By Julie Ingersoll

For anyone wondering what the “culture” would look like if the Christian Right achieved its dream of “taking it back” from secularists, feminists, and the other dread enemies of God’s plan for a Christian America, the San Antonio Christian Film Festival, which begins next week, provides a telling…