https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to david barton en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/05/10/wheres-wallnau-nar-apostle-takes-aim-swing-counties-battle-mountain-government Just as they prophesied Trump’s victory and collaborated in the 2020 attempted coup, the Trump wing of the New Apostolic Reformation is on the offensive once again, waging a campaign in counties they think will swing the 2024 presidential election… Fri, 10 May 2024 05:22:29 EDT Frederick Clarkson 8198eb41-dfac-463b-b7a7-3c59af04b5d8 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/11/05/mike-johnson-isnt-just-your-average-christian-right-avatar-hes-influenced-fringe Who is Mike Johnson, the man with horn-rimmed glasses who managed to become Speaker of the House—something Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan and Tom Emmer all failed to do? And what does he have that the other three didn’t? Johnson comes… Sun, 05 Nov 2023 03:24:57 EST Annika Brockschmidt f2fd3406-8411-42fd-b1ae-3b41f2c5dbf9 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/2023/02/02/christian-nationalist-legislator-introduces-anti-trans-millstone-act-suggesting-biblical A biblical death sentence. In America, in 2023, a legislator has proposed The Millstone Act, which he openly confesses “was named in reference to Matthew 18:6, ‘but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin… Thu, 02 Feb 2023 03:06:31 EST Andrew L. Seidel eaa03595-ddd6-4638-ae3f-404c3e0e94db https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/21/statement-nar-christian-nationalism-answers-few-questions-exposes-growing-rifts-movement Some of the leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation —the dynamic edge and fresh movement of much of neo-charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity in the 21st Century—have revealed their movement to be in disarray. Over 60 leaders have signed a statement… Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:16:39 EDT Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné 53cdf084-9683-479a-a30e-f11df2603a38 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/29/far-right-embrace-knights-templar-isnt-just-about-faith-tradition-or-history-its-about In 1302, the island of Arwad, off the coast of Syria, fell to Mamluk forces. The Templar garrison died in the assault. The Templar had lost their last stronghold in the Holy Land, and while the other major military orders… Thu, 29 Sep 2022 03:36:35 EDT Thomas Lecaque ace1a30c-cd14-4926-a64d-b479dec8536c https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/16/war-meetingthis-gonna-get-dirty-anti-woke-capitalism-american-history-day-2-roundup The following is part of RD and PRA’s special coverage of the Pray Vote Stand Summit. All posts can be found here. - eds 9/15/2022 Afternoon Note: this post includes graphic content regarding reproductive healthcare. Alison Centofante, a national strategist… Fri, 16 Sep 2022 01:36:11 EDT PRA Staff 8670bd67-6658-45bb-88d0-c484007e7382 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/11/28/baby-we-were-born-war-dominionist-christian-groups-no-election-too-small-and-colorado “Man, as many people as we have in this school here, we ought to take over Woodland Park.” Thus spake theocratic leader Andrew Wommack at a political mobilization conference in April at the Charis Bible College he heads. He hasn’t… Sun, 28 Nov 2021 07:48:59 EST Frederick Clarkson a6f362c1-0e46-4cb6-9eb7-34aa525e583f https://religiondispatches.org/2021/10/26/if-every-church-said-we-will-take-over-our-community-christian-right-revolution-starts One of the features of the rise of the Christian Right has been the development of institutional infrastructure. From the rise of televangelism and conservative think tanks in the 1970s and 80s, to the creation of national political organizations beginning… Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:35:05 EDT Frederick Clarkson 9a8642e5-5883-4cd3-b551-10c0ac563cf2 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/09/07/bill-mill-ennialism-arkansas-end-times-politics-may-be-coming-state-near-you It was the best of the end times. It was the worst of the end times. It was the age of Trump. It was 2019. Trump was compared with the greatest of God’s biblical champions. Things would never be the… Tue, 07 Sep 2021 02:43:35 EDT Frederick Clarkson 77201a1d-2b34-4fdf-a065-5f9e082fb830 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/07/12/exclusive-christian-right-bill-mill-project-blitz-hasnt-gone-away-its-just-gotten-more In the Fall of 2019, the secretive Christian Right state legislative campaign, Project Blitz, became even more of a secret. When RD first reported on Project Blitz in April 2018 the website featured their annual state legislative playbook of model… Mon, 12 Jul 2021 04:39:07 EDT Frederick Clarkson 6c54e30d-1e42-45b1-bdd3-9e471c13c6dd https://religiondispatches.org/2021/05/25/convergence-far-right-anti-democratic-factions-northwest-could-provide-model-rest-nation The city of Spokane, Washington sits at the eastern edge of the state—a mountain range and a cultural world away from the Pacific coast. It looks eastward to Idaho and Montana, and south to Eastern Oregon, where far right secessionist… Tue, 25 May 2021 10:41:18 EDT Frederick Clarkson, Cloee Cooper 9dcc3174-38a6-4d3a-8ce7-a207551dabe5 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/06/01/lying-name-war-lord-jane-roes-fake-conversion-feature-not-bug-extreme-christian-right The late Norma McCorvey, aka Jane Roe, is back in the news , thanks to the report of her “death bed confession.” In a new documentary about her life, McCorvey, the plaintiff in the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe… Mon, 01 Jun 2020 01:40:26 EDT Frederick Clarkson 61710caa-afed-4bd3-b5d8-0d59a5dc9b35 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/04/13/new-book-olivier-roy-argues-aggressive-attempts-christianize-west-actually-hasten How completely de-Christianized and secularized has Western Europe become? Data from the EU tell a tale of radically declining Christian belief and participation. The numbers of those attending Sunday services have tumbled into the single digits, and roughly the same… Mon, 13 Apr 2020 03:34:53 EDT Ivan Strenski 51c09a36-adce-49af-a06e-4a986284d1dc https://religiondispatches.org/2020/04/02/new-study-christian-nationalism-texas-should-be-warning-whole-country “Our Fathers intended that this nation should be a Christian nation, not because all who lived in it were Christians, but because it was founded on and would be governed and guided by Christian principles.” ― David Barton, The Myth… Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:38:44 EDT David R. Brockman 63477e6b-ed32-4b52-a569-b333b462da3e https://religiondispatches.org/2019/06/24/recent-local-controversy-reveals-theocratic-heart-project-blitz The Christian nationalist intentions of Project Blitz have also received much attention, but a remarkable episode in Minnesota this past state legislative session may be a harbinger of a more profoundly theocratic politics on the horizon. Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:26:03 EDT Frederick Clarkson 517979ff-f650-4f79-bbe0-e3fa3dfcdd3d https://religiondispatches.org/2019/01/08/battle-meaning-religious-freedom-day A proposed resolution intended to commemorate perhaps one of the most radical, liberatory, and revolutionary pieces of legislation in the history of the world misses the point. And it’s not a mistake. Tue, 08 Jan 2019 04:08:08 EST Frederick Clarkson 24ad7dd2-d1a9-42b7-ba0a-5b9b1cf81b3f https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/27/project-blitz-seeks-do-christian-nationalism-what-alec-does-big-business-0 Religious freedom has been much in the news as the Trump administration has rolled out policies providing an earthly answer to the prayers of the Christian Right. It‘s a central issue in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs Colorado Civil Rights Commission… Fri, 27 Apr 2018 04:36:40 EDT Frederick Clarkson bda69321-1aab-4ba4-b2c2-bb99578ff869 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/27/project-blitz-seeks-do-christian-nationalism-what-alec-does-big-business Launched initially in 2015, Project Blitz brings something new and dramatic to the Christian Right as it continues to mature as a political movement—especially in light of its electoral advances in state governments over the past decade. Fri, 27 Apr 2018 03:08:14 EDT Frederick Clarkson 5b399424-bcb2-45a4-913e-e17c53422f26 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/16/new-book-trump-and-evangelicals-gets-it-mostly-right In the wake of Donald Trump’s election (and since) many tried to answer the question, “Why would evangelicals support him?” According to the Pew Research Center 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, an astonishing margin given Trump’s… Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:22:37 EDT Greg Carey a2df701d-b4a5-4f6d-a399-ac967d7bc926 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/03/gen-kellys-civil-war-story-derives-19th-century-pro-slavery-evangelicalism Racist undercurrents in Gen. Kelly’s Civil War opinions run deep in the strand of American Evangelicalism that helped elect Trump. Fri, 03 Nov 2017 08:00:33 EDT Julie Ingersoll 2ff1f594-7ff8-4536-b3da-8b9ed2aea3b6 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/25/why-trumps-evangelicals-wont-care-about-those-budget-cuts As the White House releases its budget that slashes support for the poor, the elderly, and the sick in favor of tax cuts, evangelical support for President Trump remains strong. Thu, 25 May 2017 02:07:44 EDT Julie Ingersoll e4598118-05ec-4cd8-b485-7e7ec99e2b05 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/12/trump-doesnt-need-pivot-if-evangelicals-do-it-him Gaining ground in the “Flight 93 Election” at the Values Voters Summit Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:49:18 EDT Paul Harvey 7d149e18-f0d5-4272-9a85-778560791961 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/14/white-conservative-christian-america-not-going-down-without-fight A vortex of news stories concerning the upcoming GOP convention, platform, and Trump coronation—placed together with forthcoming works about the rapid racial and demographic remapping of American Christianity (and American unbelief, for that matter)—suggest that, if the end is near… Thu, 14 Jul 2016 02:26:03 EDT Paul Harvey d5e4d61c-4ee6-41ac-ba74-7a24a0abd431 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/22/apocalypse-upon-us-ted-cruz-endorsement-edition I’m writing from Washington, D.C., where we are bracing for a historic blizzard that might dump more than two feet of snow on the area. Grocery and hardware stores are being emptied of food, batteries, candles, shovels, ice melt, toilet… Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:16:09 EST Sarah Posner 2139d40b-e26e-4a33-9694-a364f192865c