Showing posts with label religious right. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious right. Show all posts
Friday, August 7, 2020

Sarah Posner's Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump — Unholy Marriage of Alt- and Religious Right in the Trump Presidency

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I recently read Sarah Posner's new book Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump (NY: Penguin Random House, ...
Friday, April 24, 2020

A Valuable Opportunity Tomorrow, April 25: "American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel" — "In Oklahoma, You Can Be a Democrat or You Can Be a Christian. But You Can't Be Both"

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In Oklahoma, you can be a Democrat or you can be a Christian. But you can't be both.   ~ Rev. Robin Meyers, Mayflower United Church ...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

As America Becomes Number 1 in World Coronavirus Infections, the "Beautiful" Idea of Packing Churches for Easter: My Commentary

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8 in 10 white evangelicals, 6 in 10 white Catholics & Mormons, 50%+ of all US white Christians, set this nightmare into motion, claim...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

In the News: Wendy Vitter Refuses to Affirm Support for Brown v. Board in Federal Judgeship Hearing; Americans Display Appalling Ignorance of History of Evangelicals Vis-a-Vis Slavery

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Two stories in today's news I'd like to share with you, both showing the effects of religious thinking and influence on the p...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

Quote for Day: How American Religious Right Tried to Sway Ireland's Abortion Vote

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The Guardian , " Irish Abortion Referendum: Official Results Show Big Lead for Ye s" Sarah Jones, " How American Christ...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Hell of a Week: "Americans Who Mandate a Close, Symbiotic Relationship btw Christianity & Civil Society Are Deeply Opposed to Federal Gun Control Legislation"

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With yet another tragic mass shooting, the #GunControl debate will yet again take center stage. One reason for the intractable nature o...
Friday, May 4, 2018

In the News: "Religious Freedom" and "Right" to Discriminate; Roots of Evangelicals' Idolization of Trump; Shifting Religious Landscape re: LGBT Rights; SBC and Misogyny

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Religion-themed news from the past several days that has caught my eye, and which I'd like to share with you:
Thursday, April 19, 2018

More on Recent News: White Evangelical Fervor for Trump at Record High; White Evangelicals and Racism; Millennials and Abortion; Cardinal Tobin on Listening to LGBTQ Folks

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Jacqueline Thomsen, " Poll: White evangelical support for Trump at record hig h" Some odds and ends of commentary on news...
Monday, December 18, 2017

Amy Sullivan on the Weaponized (White) Fox Evangelicalism That Is America's New Religion: "You Can Do Anything and Still Be on the Right Side"

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Amy Sullivan , "America's New Religion: Fox Evangelicalism":
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Hot Takes on Moore Defeat: White Evangelicals Did It! It's All About Abortion! (And Why Masterpiece Cake Will Likely Prevail)

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Some takes on the Alabama election I should have anticipated, but did not: 1. Though 80 percent of white evangelicals in Alabama  cas...
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Charles Pierce on Roy Moore as Exactly What Republicans Are All About Now: "Wake Up and Smell the White Supremacist Theocracy"

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I'd rather have a pedophile in office rather than a democrat any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Pedophiles only screw kids whil...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Trending on Twitter: #RoyMooreChildMolester — "I Never Thought I’d See the Day When Pedophilia Became a Divisive Issue Within the GOP"

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Democrats are divided on single payer healthcare. Republicans are divided on pedophilia. #RoyMooreChildMolester — Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSpor...
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Fantasies of Some American Christians about "Good" Violence as Precursor of Second Coming: Theological Root Not to Overlook in Gun-Control Debate

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What can churches do for protection? @robertjeffress weighs in pic.twitter.com/IxxgScBI3f — FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) November...
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Russian Propaganda, Critical-Thinking Skills, and How the Christian Right Broke America: Valuable Recent Contributions to the Discussion

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Without the education necessary to think critically, challenge what you’re told by ppl you respect, & vet info, you can fall for anyth...
Monday, October 30, 2017

As Manafort Goes Up in Flames, Major White Evangelical Leaders Tweet About . . . Something Else, Anything but Manafort

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. @RobertJeffress discusses the importance for Christ followers to fight for religious freedom. #FamilyTalk https://t.co/wdZkNSf6iu —...
Monday, October 9, 2017

Cahill and Wilkinson's Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church on How Humanae Vitae Undermines Sexual Ethic of Catholic Church

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As a complement to what I just posted about how the U.S. Catholic bishops and Republican party brought right-wing white evangelicals ...

How Right-Wing White Evangelicals Fixated on Birth Control and Abortion: Answers from Tara Isabella Burton, Fred Clark, and David Gushee

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Mike Pence protests NFL protest, but stays silent on white supremacist rally https://t.co/Vee4E9rGnr pic.twitter.com/vPmWuIFNZQ — Think...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

U.S. Catholic Bishops Address Racism After Charlottesville: Critical Questions Arise

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After Charlottesville, the U.S. Catholic bishops have created an Ad Hoc Committee on Racism. The committee will presumably address racism...
Saturday, August 12, 2017

Fire and Fury in Charlottesville, Virginia, As Neo-Nazis and KKK March: Reports/Commentary from Twitter

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Thursday, July 27, 2017

The "Debate" About Transgender People: Don't Buy Framing That It's About Gender

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THREAD: 1. Those pushing anti-trans discrimination with religious warrants would like you to think this is all about gender. — Bill Linds...