Bundy Standoff https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Bundy Standoff en Mitt Romney, the Public Face of Mormonism, Reckons with His Alienation From a Radicalized GOP and His Role in Enabling it https://religiondispatches.org/2023/10/26/mitt-romney-public-face-mormonism-reckons-his-alienation-radicalized-gop-and-his-role Riding high from his tenure as the moderate governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney was anxious to accomplish what his father could not: jump from state’s top job to the nation’s. But to move from the governor’s mansion into the White… Thu, 26 Oct 2023 06:51:40 EDT Benjamin E. Park 4804157d-6080-4c0e-a39b-e37f3e7f9e77 The End of Roe May Have Something Important to Tell Us About the Decline of Mainline Protestant Churches https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/09/end-roe-may-have-something-important-tell-us-about-decline-mainline-protestant-churches As we gnaw on the paws of our grief and foreboding regarding the Supreme Court and Roe , RD’s editor-in-chief reminded me of the beautiful Tom Davis tribute to the Rev. Howard Moody that this magazine published following Mr. Moody’s… Mon, 09 May 2022 03:47:28 EDT Peter Laarman 09fe7c66-f905-4661-86b6-4dc0867cc87b FX's 'Under the Banner of Heaven' Adaptation Rejects Reductive Elements of Krakauer's Book, But Confirms That 'Mormonism Breeds Dangerous Men' https://religiondispatches.org/2022/04/25/fxs-under-banner-heaven-adaptation-rejects-reductive-elements-krakauers-book-confirms I was a twenty-year-old missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington DC in 2003. My companion and I, temporarily serving in a rural community about an hour southeast of the nation’s capital, had been teaching… Mon, 25 Apr 2022 02:33:34 EDT Benjamin E. Park 14146002-5e82-435d-ad3e-8ba03a48fa3a Behind a Recent Stunt in Idaho Lies a Dangerous Theocratic Movement https://religiondispatches.org/2020/06/29/behind-recent-stunt-idaho-lies-dangerous-theocratic-movement Last Tuesday, just days before Idaho became one of a handful states to see a record high in new COVID-19 cases, 15 Republican members of the Idaho House of Representatives went rogue, gathering in the House chambers for what they… Mon, 29 Jun 2020 04:28:58 EDT Chrissy Stroop 0d9859ca-cf36-468b-aea4-119ca26365b9 Did Romney Cynically Cite His Mormon Faith for Impeachment Vote as Critics Claim? https://religiondispatches.org/2020/02/10/did-romney-cynically-cite-his-mormon-faith-impeachment-vote-critics-claim So it turns out that at least some Republican leaders only care about faith when it moves the needle in their direction. Mitt Romney claimed that his Mormon faith had a lot to do with his vote to convict Pres… Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:59:09 EST Daniel Schultz b53e9ced-e44a-4de3-b636-e6e63c4f1041 Trump Pardons the Hammonds, Arsonists Who Inspired Bundy Standoff https://religiondispatches.org/2018/07/11/trump-pardons-hammonds-arsonists-who-inspired-bundy-standoff Both this administration and this Supreme Court have proved all too willing, in recent months, to prioritize the individual entitlements and business interests of white Christian men. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 02:50:58 EDT Megan Goodwin 8145f026-4587-4c6f-937a-e876823c361d #VanillaISIS, White Tears and the Adventures of Captain Moroni https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/07/vanillaisis-white-tears-and-adventures-captain-moroni Reading between the hashtags as Twitter responds to the Oregon standoff. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 06:36:22 EST Megan Goodwin b2011e37-3e4f-4d37-b3dd-33305ac01a22 Christian Morality vs. Free Markets: The Constants of a Conservative https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/04/christian-morality-vs-free-markets-constants-conservative Contemporary conservatism is home to an odd mix of pundits and personalities, from Bible-thumping social conservatives to blue-blooded economic elites, to assorted others who pledge to serve both God and mammon with equal fervor. For many progressives, the tensions and… Tue, 04 Nov 2014 03:50:34 EST Eric C. Miller c72a945a-eb58-4f02-94d4-94d015221d44