Apocalyptic Rhetoric at Moms for Liberty Summit Illustrates Political Challenge of 2024
As Annika Brockschmidt has already detailed for readers of RD, the June 30 – July…
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Top Five (Less Sensational, But More Dangerous) Things to Remember About Pat Robertson (1930-2023)
Sure, it’s easy to poke fun at Pat Robertson for his 2,000-pound leg press claims or to scold him for his vile Haiti comments, but Robertson thrives on the ‘persecution.’ Our list spins the Robertson moral differently and shows just why he’s been a truly dangerous figure.
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New Poll Reveals That Anti-Trans Rhetoric isn’t Just Affecting Republicans and White Evangelicals
Remember when transgender Americans seemed to be having a positive cultural moment? Former child actor…
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New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
For centuries, American evangelical Protestants have been obsessed with religious ‘revival.’ Fear of ostensible societal,…
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‘He Gets Us’ and Sleazy ‘Swift Boat’ Ads Share a Central Figure — Further Evidence of a Right-Wing Bait-and-Switch
One of the funnier developments in the ongoing drama around the “He Gets Us” campaign…
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Christian Nationalism is Authentically Christian — And According to a New Poll Most White Evangelicals are Supporters
When I attended K-12 evangelical Christian schools in the 1980s and 1990s, we didn’t call…
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Christian Nationalist Bestseller Rooted in Volk, Homeland, and Patriarchy is ‘Blood Relation’ of a Certain 20th Century German Manifesto
As a researcher, I’ve tracked the ascendance of White Christian nationalism in the United States…
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2022 American Values Survey Offers Some Good News — And Some Bad
As usual, PRRI’s 2022 American Values Survey, released this morning, is chock full of interesting…
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‘Do They Even Read the Bible?’ — Why Exposing White Evangelical Hypocrisy is a Dead End
Almost every day I run across some version of this Twitter interaction: Original Tweet: Bible/Jesus/God…
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Evangelicalism Thrived Because it Enabled White Christians to Avoid Civil Rights Movements According to New Book
In the course of his remarks to the Family Research Council’s “Pray Vote Stand Summit”…
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