Announcement Bar

​Sustain the research & strategy needed to defeat authoritarianism. 
Become a monthly donor to PRA & RD today​.
Fighting 21st Century Fascism

André Gagné

André Gagné is Full Professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. His teaching and scholarship focus on the interpretation and reception of the Bible, political theology, and religious violence.

Articles

Religion Dispatches

Meet the Top 24 Leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation in the U.S.

Those at the forefront of a movement that helped organize January 6 and poses a threat to American democracy.
Given the threat to America’s democratic institutions and aspirations posed by the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), it’s alarming that the movement’s leading figures aren’t well or widely known. Many…
Frederick Clarkson
André Gagné
Article
Side view of Apostle Dutch Sheets posing thoughtfully against a wooden sign that reads "An Appeal to Heaven"
Religion Dispatches

A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation [Revised for 2025]

The story of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) lives at the epicenter of the intersection of politics and religion in the US—and reporting about it is as essential as it is challenging. The story of…
Frederick Clarkson
André Gagné
Article
Religion Dispatches

'Joel's Army' Is Already Here: The Obscure 20th Century Religious Movement That Profoundly Influences The Right's Cosmic Battle

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the rhetoric of the religious and political Right has heard it: the sound of a critical moment in a bad horror movie. It’s the moment when we learn that the…
Frederick Clarkson
André Gagné
Article