‘We Remember a United States That Fought the Nazis’: A German …
WEBNov 22, 2021 · Brockschmidt is a German author, journalist, and scholar. Her new book, Amerikas Gotteskrieger: Wie die Religiöse Rechte die Demokratie gefährdet (roughly translated as “America’s Godly Warriors: How Religious Right Endangers Democracy”) was released in Germany on October 19.* We chatted about her new book and the Christian Nationalism plaguing America from her unique perspective as a ...
What Do We Mean By ‘Judeo-Christian’? - Religion Dispatches
WEBFeb 15, 2011 · With the swing to the Right of the 1950s, American conservatives began to deploy “Judeo-Christian” in the fight against “Godless Communism.”. Senator Barry Goldwater contrasted “Judeo-Christian understandings” with “the communist projection of man as a producing, consuming animal to be used and discarded.”. Since then, “Judeo ...
Why Did So Many Black Women Die? Jonestown at 35
WEBDec 12, 2013 · 35 years ago, on November 19, 1978, 73-year-old Hyacinth Thrash awoke to a nightmare in the jungles of Guyana. In one of the largest murder-suicides in world history, 918 people from her Peoples Temple church lay dead before her eyes, poisoned by a lethal cocktail of cyanide and fruit punch. The …
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WEBSep 9, 2024 · Religion Dispatches | Religion Dispatches. Historian Matthew Stewart Upends Widespread Belief that 19th Century U.S. Christianity Was On ‘The Right Side of History’. Democrats Have Seized the Narrative Frame From the GOP, But Can They Find a Better Story to Tell About an Inclusive, Pluralist US? Will Iowa’s Abortion Ban Respect Religious ...
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A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation
WEBMay 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.
A Biblical Perspective That Recognizes Black Women
WEBJan 5, 2016 · It is under contract with Oxford University Press. Hagar is the wife of Abraham and the mother of Ishmael and an important figure within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The book examines how interpreters treat Hagar’s gender, ethnicity, and household status in order to see themselves and their concerns reflected in biblical literature ...
Women Are Leaving Church, And the Reason Seems Clear
WEBMay 25, 2016 · A new Pew Research Center analysis of General Social Survey data confirms a long-simmering trend in U.S. religious observance: While attendance at religious services has declined for all Americans, it has declined more among women than men.. In the early 1970s, 36 percent of women and 26 percent of men reported attending church services weekly, a ten-point gap that reflected the long-standing ...
When it Comes to Societal Dominion, the Details Matter: A …
WEBOct 11, 2022 · This is the second of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part III: Call it ‘Christian Globalism’ The apostles of the New Apostolic Reformation lead large networks of great consequence in the …
Why Tony Campolo's LGBTQ Reversal is Evangelicalism's Tipping …
WEBJun 10, 2015 · That crashing sound you heard Monday morning was waves of change breaching the levees of the evangelical Christian world when one of its most venerable icons, the Rev. Tony Campolo, came out in favor of full inclusion of LGBTQ people in the life of the church. While his name may not be as familiar outside the evangelical bubble as his contemporary, the Rev. Billy Graham, Campolo, 80, is ...
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