https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to constitution party en https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/06/how-fringe-theocratic-movement-helped-shape-religious-right-we-know-it A Q&A with Julie Ingersoll on the history of Christian Reconstructionism as told in her new book: Building God’s Kingdom. Thu, 06 Aug 2015 04:04:04 EDT Sarah Posner c6ad1b46-8082-4352-b795-ec01e9214635 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/22/howard-phillips-founding-father-religious-right-has-died It’s hard to overstate Phillips’ influence on today’s religiously-inflected conservatism. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:33:44 EDT Julie Ingersoll 20bf2e93-234c-4956-ac54-7f6bd849c9a6 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/12/gods-law-only-law-genesis-michele-bachmann At the May “First Friday” lecture hosted by the Institute on the Constitution at the Heritage Community Church in Severn, Maryland, IOTC founder Michael Peroutka presented the evening’s guest speaker, attorney Herb Titus, with a “Patrick Henry Award” for “his tireless and fearless telling of God’s truth to power.” Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:57:35 EDT Sarah Posner 78a68eef-3755-4a01-891d-6b8a5ecc23b1 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/05/07/meet-christian-reconstructionists-behind-latest-birther-theory They claim Obama isn’t a “natural born citizen” because of his “divided loyalties.” Sat, 07 May 2011 01:59:31 EDT Sarah Posner aa55bcc8-1459-4269-9a05-80d2cde94b98 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/10/25/replacing-godless-hollywood-bible-based-cultural-dominion For anyone wondering what the “culture” would look like if the Christian Right achieved its dream of “taking it back” from secularists, feminists, and the other dread enemies of God’s plan for a Christian America, the San Antonio Christian Film Festival, which begins next week, provides a telling… Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:41:05 EDT Julie Ingersoll a2610b15-280b-4a98-84cf-0217b6d8d254 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/13/palin-goes-hopey-changey-dont-call-it-political Sarah Palin did an about-face on the “hopey-changey thing” last week in Jacksonville when, as the headliner for the Evening of Hope, she and the other speakers on the program promoted lots of change—of the religious right kind. Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:43:52 EDT Julie Ingersoll 20b75869-b60d-4e16-8e37-64f06dcfad9d https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/02/no-henpecked-men-here-black-robed-regiment-beck The Patriot movement that thinks Beck is a tool of the GOP. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:49:44 EDT Sarah Posner 96350bdb-a73c-498b-b6e1-5e30c307d3ae https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/15/radical-background-harry-reids-gop-opponent The senate candidate once belonged to an affiliate of the Constitution Party, which calls for imposition of biblical law. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:36:31 EDT Julie Ingersoll b2988173-8aff-4710-8742-763dd9dfa4a6 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/15/biblical-patriarchy-activists-name-michelle-duggar-mother-year Star of reality TV series a product of Christian Reconstructionism. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:35:40 EDT Julie Ingersoll d639bd0e-5f0e-4469-a6c5-813097adcae2 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/01/rand-paul-we-wouldnt-need-laws-if-everyone-were-christian Republican Senate candidate’s religion appears to trump the law. Is he a Christian Reconstructionist? Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:27:26 EDT Sarah Posner f308bf87-0f7b-4e18-bd17-4577ec7abd64 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/25/rand-paul-and-influence-christian-reconstructionism An explanation of theonomic libertarianism. Tue, 25 May 2010 04:41:42 EDT Julie Ingersoll f9d070ca-51ba-49da-acc4-8484b124bbd7 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/09/01/i-pray-barack-obama-die-and-go-hell-story-media-missed When an Arizona man brought guns to an Obama speech the story went unnoticed by a media prone to seeing such people as lone nuts. A look at the sermons of his virulently anti-gay pastor who’s been praying for Obama’s death, however, reveals similarities to a far right theology associated with militias, radical prolifers, and proponents of theocracy. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:48:47 EDT Frederick Clarkson 608ae3fa-27ff-4d83-85d7-1a5853a21ffd