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Religion Dispatches
Racist undercurrents in Gen. Kelly’s Civil War opinions run deep in the strand of American Evangelicalism that helped elect Trump.
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Religion Dispatches
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.
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Religion Dispatches
Gaining ground in the “Flight 93 Election” at the Values Voters Summit
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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In the midst of an intra-evangelical dispute over whether Ted Cruz is indeed consolidating the support of influential evangelical leaders, supporters of Marco Rubio’s campaign are trying to make the…
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Just after Christmas, Ted Cruz met with several hundred evangelical leaders at a Texas ranch belonging to Farris Wilks, a fracking billionaire who, along with his brother Dan and their wives, have…
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In the latest addition to It’s Your Fault, The Cubit ’s series on blame in contemporary society, RD associate editor Sarah Morice-Brubaker explores how some conservative Christians channel their…
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Last week, the Texas Board of Education approved the use of controversial public school history textbooks that university professors charged “exaggerate and even invent claims about the influence of…
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Religion Dispatches
How does the godfather of the prosperity gospel keep getting away with it?
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