Charlie Kirk https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Charlie Kirk en Blaming 'Paganism' for Trump's Violence Fails to Reckon with Christian History https://religiondispatches.org/2026/02/18/blaming-paganism-trumps-violence-fails-reckon-christian-history In a recent New York Times op-ed called “Donald Trump, Pagan King,” journalist and filmmaker Leighton Woodhouse highlights the apparent contradiction between the Trump administration’s violent “might makes right” mentality and Christian ethics that prioritize protecting the weak and oppressed… Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:55:21 EST Chance Bonar efb5659a-7f40-4077-84f7-94b2ed0a014f Part MAGA Rally Part Christian Revival — Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Service Includes Numerous Calls for 'Spiritual Warfare' https://religiondispatches.org/2025/09/22/part-maga-rally-part-christian-revival-charlie-kirks-memorial-service-includes-numerous Sunday’s Charlie Kirk memorial service was part MAGA rally, part fundraising event for Turning Point USA—but mostly, it was a religious revival. The more than 70,000 attendees witnessed the canonization of a man who “peddled in paranoid, racist, and Islamophobic… Mon, 22 Sep 2025 05:12:30 EDT Annika Brockschmidt 74bf3a06-d08d-4946-9dec-d37bac7db517 Charlie Kirk is Well on His Way to Political Martyrdom – But Will He Become a Christian Martyr? https://religiondispatches.org/2025/09/19/charlie-kirk-well-his-way-political-martyrdom-will-he-become-christian-martyr As soon as he was shot, before he was even pronounced dead, Charlie Kirk was already being transformed into a martyr–not a political martyr who dies for a cause ( although that language is developing too) but an explicitly Christian… Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:57:14 EDT Karen E. Park 59121577-19b2-46af-bf78-8ec571027bc8 Let's Be Honest About Who Charlie Kirk Was — But Please, Do Not Celebrate https://religiondispatches.org/2025/09/11/lets-be-honest-about-who-charlie-kirk-was-please-do-not-celebrate Don’t do it. If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing and fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Don’t celebrate it, don’t mock it. I’m… Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:52:18 EDT Jeff Sharlet 8ed5863e-21f1-48f6-8df0-5bd7af0c9102 Charlie Kirk’s Death Makes Visible What Gun Advocates Would Prefer to Deny: That This Violent Culture Spares No One https://religiondispatches.org/2025/09/11/charlie-kirks-death-makes-visible-what-gun-advocates-would-prefer-deny-violent-culture A shooting is never something to trivialize. Bullets rip through walls, through flesh, and through families. Even when they miss their mark, even when they spare life but not the body, they leave a wound. Bullet wounds are physical, individual… Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:26:50 EDT Eric Vanden Eykel f7280972-4dce-4a2a-a3fe-5bcfc11b8691 Kirk Cameron Joins the Anti-Mormon Chorus (Sort Of) https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/02/kirk-cameron-joins-anti-mormon-chorus-sort Left Behind star says he wouldn’t participate in Divine Destiny, but doesn’t want to question Beck’s faith. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:48:45 EDT Julie Ingersoll b96b6bac-4123-498b-90a0-fa8f80d0abc8