Thomas Lecaque

Thomas Lecaque is Associate Professor of History at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, located on Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk lands. He has written for The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and The Bulwark. Follow him @tlecaque on Twitter.

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Religion Dispatches

Crossing the Rubicon? Mar-a-Lago Raid Enflames Right Wing Fantasies of Christian Caesarism

A Roman, a Confederate, and a Nazi walk into a political discourse… Sorry, there’s no punchline. This is just how the online conservative pundit machine is dealing with the FBI raid on Trump’s Florida…

Annika Brockschmidt

Thomas Lecaque

August 12, 2022

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Religion Dispatches

Caught in a Fever Dream of Originalism, Can SCOTUS Majority Learn the Lessons of Early America Before it's Too Late?

The separation of church and state feels like bedrock in America. It is, after all, part of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment—that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment…

J.L. Tomlin

Thomas Lecaque

July 18, 2022

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Religion Dispatches

Christian Nationalists and the Holy Gun Crusade

In the wake of every mass shooting in this country, we have a brief moment where we talk about the guns used and the need for gun control. And then rapidly, the gun lobby, conservative politicians…

Thomas Lecaque

June 7, 2022

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