https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Albert Mohler en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/06/04/trump-totem-other-fascist-leaders-trump-has-turned-man-symbol-and-thats-danger Last week’s historic verdict is worth rehearsing. On May 30, Donald J. Trump became the first former president to be convicted of a crime. Twelve ordinary citizens unanimously found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in… Tue, 04 Jun 2024 04:39:54 EDT Robert P. Jones 94d97121-085b-4ebc-a208-9b1007fa1e2d https://religiondispatches.org/2023/03/03/correction-sbc-does-not-oppose-womens-ordination-just-women-pastors Imagine my embarrassment when I heard from the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s media relations director that I had made a fundamental error in my Feb. 27 article about the SBC’s recent disfellowshipping of five churches over the role of… Fri, 03 Mar 2023 02:46:26 EST Caroline Matas fbb4829c-c1ad-44bb-b207-747c866b0a6c https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/27/women-head-pastors-was-final-straw-southern-baptist-convention-not-scandal-sexual-abuse Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of its nearly 50,000 member churches. One was ousted due to its “lack of intent to cooperate in resolving concerns regarding a sexual abuse allegation.” The… Mon, 27 Feb 2023 02:57:29 EST Caroline Matas 3add564e-3f0c-4e1a-9eaf-254256011c5b https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/30/evangelicalism-thrived-because-it-enabled-white-christians-avoid-civil-rights-movements In the course of his remarks to the Family Research Council’s “ Pray Vote Stand Summit ” on September 14, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler drew familiar lines on some hot button issues, warning his audience not to… Fri, 30 Sep 2022 01:22:54 EDT Eric C. Miller e1f1d138-6d05-406f-a84f-47a5571a6d57 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/15/pray-vote-stand-2022-kicks-some-head-scratchers-predictable-topics The following kicks off RD and PRA’s special coverage of the Pray Vote Stand Summit. All subsequent posts can be found here. - eds 9/14/2022 Evening The Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit starts with a flourish as a… Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:19:04 EDT PRA Staff ec29157a-389f-486c-b96e-61597cfe461b https://religiondispatches.org/2022/03/23/reactionary-white-buddhists-have-joined-fight-against-critical-race-theory A recent article by conservative watchdog Campus Reform targeted my collaborative research talk on racial justice work in and as Buddhist practice . The talk traced the multiple ways whiteness has operated in American Buddhism including the erasure of Asian… Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:09:49 EDT Ann Gleig 3e25bf41-c788-4e46-b561-c9853d3dc794 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/06/23/where-did-white-evangelicalisms-hatred-critical-race-theory-really-begin Critical Race Theory (CRT), the academic study in which students and scholars examine how race and racism function, is under attack by conservatives who claim that CRT promotes a distorted view of American history through a racial and ideological lens… Wed, 23 Jun 2021 04:36:49 EDT Andre E. Johnson 5737f7b7-23a5-43f5-a7af-9906b50fc821 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/04/13/sex-outside-marriage-dehumanizing-problem-tim-kellers-biblical-sex-ethic There’s a reason Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in New York, enjoys a greater degree of public respect than many conservative evangelical leaders who clearly crave respectability . When you take a mild jab at Tim Keller… Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:04:48 EDT Chrissy Stroop 29068506-96d7-4081-8b3d-39b9e4bff246 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/04/06/have-white-evangelicals-finally-lost-control-narrative Are conservative, mostly white evangelicals, finally losing control of their narrative in the public sphere, where Christian supremacist assumptions have up to now led to the effective silencing of ex-evangelical and critical scholarly voices? Recent developments suggest that a significant… Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:02:27 EDT Chrissy Stroop cd79f77c-750b-4e71-bb13-63286feabb7a https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/25/how-anti-abortion-movement-gave-us-donald-trump-and-why-it-could-bring-worse I grew up in the white evangelical community, surrounded by individuals who became Donald Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters. Although numerous factors motivated support in this community, one bears more responsibility, from my vantage point, than any other: the anti-abortion movement… Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:13:15 EST Jonathan Dudley b93554d7-ca4b-4ede-8c3c-0bd6390caedb https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/14/attack-us-capitol-has-many-journos-finally-taking-white-evangelical-authoritarianism-and A month ago, I argued here on RD that America’s national conversation about Christianity is “fundamentally unserious.” Not because, as conservative Christian commentator Bonnie Kristian would have it , Democrats find it offensive when an elected Republican like Rep. Madison… Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:21:35 EST Chrissy Stroop d15fdda2-be80-4518-9fcd-7bf492d01e8b https://religiondispatches.org/2020/12/14/i-agree-critical-race-theory-indeed-incompatible-southern-baptist-conventions-faith-and The six white men who lead the seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention released a joint statement on November 30 th denouncing Critical Race Theory. Specifically, they “declare that affirmation of Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality, and any version of Critical… Mon, 14 Dec 2020 03:25:32 EST Miguel A. De La Torre a5b61108-ce4f-4f7d-ac70-d710ae9470f3 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/07/24/why-respectable-evangelicals-cant-rein-evangelical-conspiracy-theorists According to a recent blog post by David French, former staff writer for the National Review ,* there’s a simple solution to the problem of conservative, mostly white evangelicals spreading wild and harmful conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic, Bill… Fri, 24 Jul 2020 02:53:34 EDT Chrissy Stroop 9e1da3ed-c1e1-4be2-990c-b7456034c6b6 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/05/21/southern-baptist-leader-al-mohler-addresses-past-racist-comments-past-isnt-problem No. It was not an incredibly stupid comment. And no, a trap was not cleverly laid to ensnarl Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) president Albert Mohler. His condemnation of Harriet Tubman, during a June 12, 1998 taping of Larry King… Thu, 21 May 2020 05:02:54 EDT Miguel A. De La Torre d8935ebd-4fd6-4d77-be7f-dbbb22472acc https://religiondispatches.org/2020/05/06/wheres-2020-democratic-faith-outreach-discussion-or-has-folly-courting-white The 2020 election season is ramping up. Senator Bernie Sanders dropped out of the Democratic contest three weeks ago, leaving former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive presidential nominee. And that, of course, means we can now focus on the… Wed, 06 May 2020 02:59:31 EDT Chrissy Stroop c0dca200-2737-4aae-ac36-3b3b13c97cbb https://religiondispatches.org/2018/07/16/southern-baptists-dumped-predator-or-two-lets-hold-f-word The #metoo and #churchtoo movements have put SBC leaders on the defensive, as earlier revelations of widespread child sexual abuse by priests did to the all-male Roman Catholic hierarchy. Yet both groups continue to deny that there could be any connection between all-male power and the sexual abuse of women and children. Mon, 16 Jul 2018 01:54:49 EDT Anne Linstatter 09faa1c8-2305-456c-8b39-8b873a782c15 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/04/sbcs-metoo-problem-isnt-rotten-apple-its-rotten-theological-tree-0 While abuse exists in all circles and all faiths, there is a unique theological problem that creates a culture of apology for abuse within the SBC. Mon, 04 Jun 2018 01:20:37 EDT Dianna Anderson 3e81e87e-46dd-4986-b310-0d3214be52dd https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/04/sbcs-metoo-problem-isnt-rotten-apple-its-rotten-theological-tree Albert Mohler, known colloquially as “Al,” is the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He’s also one of the most prominent voices in American evangelicalism, representing the Southern Baptist Convention on the national stage through his radio… Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:59:09 EDT Dianna Anderson c369f8eb-0c96-4c6e-922c-5cdfb6b05926 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/02/07/fox-news-controversy-yoga-and-white-supremacy-reveals-problem-yoga-discussion A recent Fox News headline, “Americans who Practice Yoga Contribute to White Supremacy, Michigan State University Professor Claims,” dangled like red meat before its readers, begging them to snap. Which is precisely what happened; the comments section is littered with… Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:49:51 EST Andrea R. Jain da1645d0-2b1e-454a-b533-d36120e231f7 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/04/02/why-religious-left-isnt-coming-together-and-why-it-matters So my article from last week on the supposedly emerging religious left has attracted some conservative appreciation, which is not really surprising. More disconcerting is exactly who liked the piece: Mark Tooley of the Institute for Religion and Democracy, Southern… Sun, 02 Apr 2017 08:20:21 EDT Daniel Schultz 7e0a59c1-4024-4215-96c1-1e80764c5126 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/31/fact-checking-scripture-those-who-do-not-work-should-not-eat Occasionally, a bit of scripture will float into public discourse, often in the context of politicians and civilians sorting through the implications of some bit of policy. The citations are as a rule fairly shallow, as one side or the… Fri, 31 Mar 2017 01:40:59 EDT Daniel Schultz 4e057ce4-152e-454e-a35d-8b4cc81a0af6 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/17/complicity-nevertrump-evangelicals-demagogues-rise Although the question of whether Donald Trump would win the nomination as the presumptive Republican presidential candidate has been settled, what still remains unknown is how white evangelical voters will support him in the fall. As I’ve written before, Trump… Fri, 17 Jun 2016 04:58:33 EDT Neil J. Young 974a8ab9-1ba7-49b1-a9e2-8fdafe49d653 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/08/culture-warriors-surrender-battles-rage The culture wars are over, according to Barton Swaim, a former speechwriter for former South Carolina Gov. Mark Stanford. The left has won and all that’s left, according to Swaim, is to negotiate the terms of surrender. As evidence, Swaim… Wed, 08 Jun 2016 01:12:44 EDT Patricia Miller 7934cace-dcc6-436f-806b-718e8241508b https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/25/women-are-leaving-church-and-reason-seems-clear 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… Wed, 25 May 2016 01:40:50 EDT Patricia Miller eb054ce0-0bbf-4a44-b98a-9f4e063c62e8 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/13/why-conservative-evangelicals-wont-let-us-pee-peace Whenever you think about the principled Southern Baptist leaders opposing the ascension of America’s Problem Child to the GOP presidential nomination, think of this paragraph from an NPR report on Evangelicals and the shifting social scene: For Albert Mohler, president… Fri, 13 May 2016 01:03:24 EDT Daniel Schultz 2529796d-7550-41cf-bf7b-4bc0d391c5b7