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What does it mean to put pluralism into practice? This is a serious question of civic life that the Left has unfortunately neglected , allowing the “ respectable ” Christian Right to weaponize the…
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Despite an American Idol judging gig, a baby girl with Orlando Bloom on the way, and her new album Smile due out August 28 th , Katy Perry hasn’t been capturing the public’s attention like she did…
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Here on RD, I took a look at the legal case against exempting churches from public health measures back in March ( remember March? ), in the early days of quarantine. At the time, many blue state…
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When news broke this past Friday that a controversial Instagram photo would result in Jerry Falwell, Jr. taking an “indefinite leave of absence” as president of Liberty University, it was only the…
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Robert Jones, founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, has been doing the op-ed thing recently to publicize his new book: White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American…
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Dr. Stella Immanuel received considerable attention after President Donald Trump retweeted a video where she recommends the use of hydroxychloroquine and asserts that masks are unnecessary to halt the…
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On Monday, in a since-deleted tweet, President Trump shared a video of Houston-based, Cameroonian-American doctor Stella Immanuel touting the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19…
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Ralph Reed’s new book, For God and Country: The Christian Case for Trump (published by Simon & Schuster in March 2020), doesn’t devote much energy to defending Trump’s moral character or articulating…
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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…
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It’s a curious fact of history that a statue of John Wesley stands prominently ensconced in the center of downtown Savannah, Georgia. In stark contrast, a nondescript gazebo dedicated to George…
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