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Oct 1, 2024 · Religion Dispatches | Religion Dispatches. A Love Letter (and Challenge) to Evangelical Women, ‘For Our Daughters’ Documents Devastating Cost of Christian Patriarchy. This is No Ordinary Anti-Blackness — The Racist History of the Pet-Eating Conspiracy. The Overwhelming Whiteness and Increasing Maleness of U.S. Churches isn’t an Accident ...
What Do We Mean By ‘Judeo-Christian’? - Religion Dispatches
Feb 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 ...
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.
My Womb for His Purposes: The Perils of Unassisted Childbirth in …
Jul 14, 2009 · Already distrustful of outside experts, be they members of the education system or leaders of traditional denominations, Quiverfull followers are increasingly eschewing the medical establishment, opting to leave childbirth to God. The recent death of a newborn, however, exposes a growing rift betwee
Recognizing (the Long History of) Christian Witches May Be Key to ...
Nov 12, 2021 · Last Tuesday, author and witch J. Allen Cross tweeted out some advice for white people who want more BIPOC speaking and teaching at their “magical witchy” conferences. One of his pieces of advice was, “Stop branding all witchy/magical events as specifically ‘pagan’. A great deal of our folk magic is christian based and the pagan branding makes us and our magic feel unwelcome.”
A Biblical Perspective That Recognizes Black Women
Jan 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 ...
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Teflon Antichrist: How Did a President Who Fit the Role So Well …
Mar 30, 2021 · One of the more unexpected developments of Donald Trump’s presidency was his metamorphosis into an evangelical hero. American Christians didn’t just like his policies, they venerated him as a near supernatural being — the last hope against Antichrist.. Such a response, to any political leader, is unusual.
Touched by a Michael Landon: America’s Jewish Angel
Jul 1, 2011 · When actor, producer, and director Michael Landon died 20 years ago today, many in Christian America thought they had lost one of their own. After all, this was the man responsible for Highway to Heaven, the weekly extrusion of spiritual melodrama that first convinced network executives that American viewers would enjoy being touched by an angel.If further proof were needed, Landon appeared on ...
Andrew L. Seidel - Religion Dispatches
Andrew L. Seidel is a constitutional attorney and Vice President of Strategic Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. His first book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom.