https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to critical race theory en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/04/02/new-book-traces-influence-racism-and-imperialism-white-christian-feminism As a scholar of American evangelicalism, I often spend my time writing and teaching about the overt beliefs and practices that White conservative Protestants employ to further entrench Christian nationalism and White supremacy as American values. White evangelicals are, for… Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:47:34 EDT Caroline Matas 92a8b4fa-30fa-4e5b-8f68-0f92908984ac https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/18/speech-white-evangelical-broadcasters-trump-lays-out-his-white-christian-nationalist I know, it’s easy to dismiss Trump’s extremist rhetoric as just another occasion of “Trump being Trump.” Because the deluge is unrelenting, paying attention is emotionally and morally exhausting. But especially now that he has essentially secured the nomination as… Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:32:41 EDT Robert P. Jones fe430ccc-4738-41ec-a7bc-c83ae99a7b27 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/15/project-2025-how-trump-loyalists-and-right-wing-leaders-are-paving-fast-road-fascism Religion Dispatches ’s sibling publication, The Public Eye— a quarterly magazine for analysis and commentary on the U.S. and Global Right — is back! To celebrate The Public Eye’s return, Religion Dispatches will present a series of articles from the… Fri, 15 Mar 2024 07:00:16 EDT Peter Montgomery 9dcb6eb8-09f3-4fc3-89d4-60f5c7caed5a https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/21/roundup-conspiracies-and-bad-ideas-caught-or-gained-momentum-2023 In 2023, the landscape of conspiracy theories witnessed a significant evolution, with some older conspiratorial ideas surviving into the new year and others moving from the fringe to become influential narratives shaping public discourse and political agendas. QAnon , the… Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:42:39 EST Carmen Celestini, Amarnath Amarasingam 6e4679f3-e515-4063-92fe-063b4da3227e https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/06/american-right-hasnt-adopted-childrens-rights-theyve-redefined-and-weaponized-them For decades, the American Right has claimed children’s rights are anathema. They undermine the family , they threaten parents , they could destroy the United States and cause the downfall of Western Civilization . Probably the most succinct summary of… Wed, 06 Dec 2023 02:39:59 EST R.L. Stollar 18b114f9-695a-4a51-a87f-343b7351a459 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/10/19/right-deeply-divided-over-support-israel-though-its-not-about-justice-palestinians On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, which included the horrific murder of hundreds of Israeli civilians. In response, Israel launched an unprecedented wave of deadly bombardment across the Gaza Strip, murdering thousands… Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:00:59 EDT Ben Lorber 48696a4b-5a98-479a-8977-fe594d31061a https://religiondispatches.org/2023/10/02/uncovering-white-christian-roots-slavery-native-american-genocide-and-ongoing-efforts When he started to do the research for his new book, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy, Robert P. Jones had a different idea in mind. But, once he’d reached back as far as he could into his family’s history… Mon, 02 Oct 2023 02:31:35 EDT Bradley Onishi 72285068-064e-47ae-b806-ac8c78ff4ded https://religiondispatches.org/2023/07/07/apocalyptic-rhetoric-moms-liberty-summit-illustrates-political-challenge-2024 As Annika Brockschmidt has already detailed for readers of RD, the June 30 – July 2 Moms for Liberty summit in Philadelphia was, among other things, a Christian nationalist gathering. At one of its main events, which took place at… Fri, 07 Jul 2023 04:43:53 EDT Chrissy Stroop 2f4f5ba1-6e10-4395-9607-ee20c7d7d1b8 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/06/06/white-house-antisemitism-report-includes-encouraging-diagnoses-leans-destructive Recently, the Biden administration released the U.S. National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism, an unprecedented report advancing a broad policy agenda to combat, as its name suggests, antisemitism. As researchers who study antisemitism and Islamophobia on the Right, we were encouraged… Tue, 06 Jun 2023 04:16:37 EDT Habiba Farh, Ben Lorber febcd44c-4574-4e7d-9f49-4bb9cb76ddf7 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/07/rights-satanic-grammy-panic-isnt-about-devil-or-pfizer-or-even-scantily-clad-women-its When I need to know what’s wrong with the world and who to be outraged at I turn to the words of Ted Cruz , Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) or even Ben Shapiro . Why? Because they certainly give upstanding… Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:30:55 EST Mary Rambaran-Olm 452aa4e6-16c3-498b-9209-bed85f00d402 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/12/07/despite-reports-gop-has-not-turned-trump-call-terminate-constitution-fascism-isnt In a functioning democratic and political media ecosystem, it would have been front page news: The former president and de facto leader of one of the two major political parties and front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024 called… Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:23:13 EST Annika Brockschmidt 2c422ea3-855e-4ee3-9709-2fe7c7689a5b https://religiondispatches.org/2022/11/17/desantis-more-polished-and-less-bombastic-trump-he-less-threat-democracy The midterms proved an abysmal disappointment for the Republican Party. Instead of the promised red tsunami, it was more of what many are calling a red ripple. Instead of winning the House by a large margin, they appear to have… Thu, 17 Nov 2022 03:02:38 EST Annika Brockschmidt 71bc6ead-51fc-4e93-87ce-f77bf6aa8d6f https://religiondispatches.org/2022/11/10/chilling-response-pelosi-attack-isnt-simply-matter-partisanship-its-sign-rights-embrace A couple of weeks before the midterm elections, a man broke into the San Francisco home of Nancy Pelosi , who is second in line to succeed the president, in order to kidnap, torture—and maybe even kill her. She wasn’t… Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:06:17 EST Annika Brockschmidt fac5cd70-e703-427f-b7f4-3c17bc29acc7 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/27/2022-american-values-survey-offers-some-good-news-and-some-bad As usual, PRRI’s 2022 American Values Survey, released this morning, is chock full of interesting data points about the state of the nation and how it sees itself, from views on abortion and LGBTQ rights to QAnon and immigration… Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:01:04 EDT Daniel Schultz 2661041b-5b63-4da2-9f2b-088d171e44ac https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/19/new-anti-trans-strategies-floated-family-research-councils-pray-vote-stand-summit As anyone with access to the internet is likely aware, former college football star Hershel Walker is running for US Senate in Georgia as a pro-Trump Republican. Walker, who has four children —three of whom he appears to have just… Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:10:21 EDT Heron Greenesmith, Asia Korkmaz 92bf9060-b4bc-491c-84ac-4a4852926882 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/2022/09/23/inspired-anti-abortion-movement-and-qanon-anti-trans-rhetoric-blatant-call-violence They care for trans children and teenagers—and they’re getting death threats. On August 30th, Boston Children’s Hospital was shut down due to a bomb threat , and shut down a second time on September 9th, the latest in a series… Fri, 23 Sep 2022 03:01:47 EDT Annika Brockschmidt, Thomas Lecaque b8fa6819-5726-427a-a0cf-bebf925256fd https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/16/desantis-no-show-rights-secret-sauce-and-final-thoughts-pray-vote-stand This is the final post of RD and PRA’s special coverage of the Pray Vote Stand Summit. All posts can be found here. - eds 9/16/2022 Afternoon The election reform panel is a study in fear mongering and misinformation. Jason… Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:58:40 EDT PRA Staff 547c4892-ab34-4340-aef1-45189accdf35 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/16/barna-plays-god-school-board-boot-camp-and-birth-sagecon-day-3 The following is part of RD and PRA’s special coverage of the Pray Vote Stand Summit. All posts can be found here. - eds 9/16/2022 Morning Attendance is down a bit this morning at Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand… Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:37:20 EDT PRA Staff defd183e-470f-47e7-9d9a-68ad26667093 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/2022/07/05/what-role-do-feelings-play-conspiracy-racism-and-climate-denial-welcome-phoning-it Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class… Tue, 05 Jul 2022 01:56:24 EDT Megan Goodwin 684afc69-6ced-475d-bb99-00eed85f9edf https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/22/has-american-conservatism-abandoned-christian-right Most of us don’t want to grow up to be our parents, especially when we’re in our twenties and ready to forge our own path in the world. For better or for worse, age often proves that we’re more like… Wed, 22 Jun 2022 02:08:57 EDT Bradley Onishi 50c9ce58-7193-43cb-8adf-6644f65e7c20 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/14/weeks-meeting-will-sbc-vote-voddie-baucham-homeschooling-star-who-embraces-right-wing On March 4, news broke that African Christian University dean Voddie Baucham was asked to accept a nomination to be President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the largest Baptist denomination in the world—a denomination also in the spotlight at… Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:39:36 EDT R.L. Stollar 800c87ca-2f16-4abe-9c8a-4da811f6a616 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/26/whos-really-politicizing-school-shootings You know it’s coming. Every time a mass shooting captures the American public’s consciousness, leading to demands for sensible gun control, one or more Republicans will attempt to “ shut that whole thing down ” with demands that we stop… Thu, 26 May 2022 03:35:56 EDT Chrissy Stroop 124edbd4-1f12-4583-b602-7b5d8ecbf9df https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/24/its-theology-stupid-why-shocking-sbc-report-anything-surprising On Sunday, an investigation firm called Guidepost Solutions released a 300-page report recounting a disturbingly familiar pattern of abuse and cover-up in the Southern Baptist Convention, the mostly white, evangelical Protestant denomination that accounts for over 5% of the adult… Tue, 24 May 2022 05:22:59 EDT Chrissy Stroop, Jessica Johnson 2c4cfa52-e3ce-47fa-aafd-0aeba8705786