Religion Dispatches
Jan 21, 2025 · Religion Dispatches
Confronting Trump Directly, Bishop Mariann Budde Showed That …
2 days ago · Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, led A Service of Prayer for the Nation on January 21, 2025, at the Washington National Cathedral. President Donald J. Trump and entourage were among the invited guests. Her clear and simple message of unity, her direct call for mercy especially for immigrants and LGBTQIA+ people who are under threat by the new administration, riled the re-elected ...
The Los Angeles Wildfires Have Indeed Been Biblical — But Not in …
6 days ago · If you’ve ever lived in Los Angeles or if you have loved ones who do, you know that the January wildfires have felt especially like hell — a unique experience even in a city as well acquainted with disaster as LA. Such experiences have …
A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation
May 23, 2024 · The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is one of the most important Christian religious and political movements of our time. To see this one need look no further than the role of NAR leaders in the electoral campaigns of Donald Trump and Trump-aligned figures, from school boards to statewide elected offices, and as a dynamic part of the Christian Right.
Proud to be [a Real] American — Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless the …
Jan 22, 2025 · Chrissy Stroop. A prominent ex-evangelical writer, speaker, and advocate, Chrissy Stroop is (with Lauren O’Neal) coeditor of the essay anthology Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church.A senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches, her work has appeared in Dame Magazine, Foreign Policy, Playboy, Political Research Associates, and other outlets, including peer-reviewed academic journals.
As the Old White South Rises Again Will Democrats Wilt For the …
Jan 15, 2025 · Let me spare you the suspense: Yes, the Democrats will someday come to be ashamed of and to regret their shameless support for the disgusting and xenophobic Laken Riley Act, as Michelle Goldberg predicts. But how long will it take? And are we now so deer-in-the-headlights petrified by the immine
Has American Conservatism Abandoned the Christian Right?
Jun 22, 2022 · Most of us don’t want to grow up to be our parents, especially when we’re in our twenties and ready to forge our own path in the world. For better or for worse, age often proves that we’re more like our forebears than we’d like to admit. This is true for the young American conservatives who are unim
The Overwhelming Whiteness and Increasing Maleness of U.S.
Sep 27, 2024 · In a recent front-page article, New York Times religion reporter Ruth Graham explores a historic gendered shift in church attendance. As the data show: survey after survey reveals a marked increase in young men’s church attendance, while young women’s church attendance continues to wane.But Graham’s silence on the overwhelming whiteness of these young Christian men is deafening.
The Spirit of January 6th: The Theology of This Seldom Discussed ...
May 16, 2023 · Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné. Frederick Clarkson is a Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates in Somerville, Massachusetts. He is the editor of Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America (Ig Publishing, 2008), and Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy (Common Courage Press, 1997). | André Gagné is Full ...
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