Dominionism

A Televangelist in the White House

Matthew Taylor — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:42:13 EDT

In this excerpt from The Violent Take It by Force, Matthew D. Taylor examines the role of Paula White as a televangelist-turned-advisor for the Trump administration.

Trump's Fervent Christian Zionists Poised to Lead the Military — And US-Israel Relations

Ben Lorber — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:57:06 EST

With Trump’s second presidency, Christian Zionism may be returning to the White House stronger than ever before. His recent nomination of Mike Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel and Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense mean that militant, hardline Christian…

The Dark Horse 'Stop the Steal' Scenario: NAR Leaders Sought 'Trojan Horse' in Election Offices Filled with 'Christian Patriots'

Frederick Clarkson — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 05:58:34 EST

Over the past 24 hours you’ve likely heard stories about election workers facing pressure to support conspiracy theories, receiving bomb threats , or being intimidated by self-appointed monitors . These things have happened as political and religious leaders have long…

A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation [Revised for 2025]

Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné — Thu, 23 May 2024 04:58:12 EDT

The story of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) lives at the epicenter of the intersection of politics and religion in the US—and reporting about it is as essential as it is challenging. The story of NAR is happening in the…

Alabama's IVF Ruling Reveals Deep Ties to This Increasingly Influential Christian Right Movement

Annika Brockschmidt — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 05:29:17 EST

In the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling that sent shockwaves through the country, the word “God” appears 41 times—and that’s no coincidence. Embryos, according to Alabama’s highest court, are in fact “extrauterine children”—a phrase so dystopian it would make Margaret…

2023 in Review: Year One Without Roe, GOP Code Red, SCOTUS Gone Wild… and a Ray of Hope

Annika Brockschmidt — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:02:43 EST

As the New Year approaches and gift guides (and pleas for support) litter our inboxes, let’s take some time to reflect upon 2023. As I’ve previously stated , this is rarely a joyous occasion in my line of work, but…

Mike Johnson's Porn-Monitoring isn't Just 'Creepy' — it's a Window to the Fascist Desire Driving the White Evangelical Will to Power

Jessica Johnson — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 02:20:20 EST

When the news broke that the recently elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson (R-La), used a Christian technology service called Covenant Eyes to monitor his online habits for porn, reactions varied. The fact that his then-17-year-old son Jack served…

Mike Johnson isn't Just Your Average Christian Right Avatar — He's Influenced by Fringe Movements Unfamiliar to Most Political Analysts

Annika Brockschmidt — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 03:24:57 EST

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…

It's Not the Name It's the Theocratic Vision — THE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION’S PR PROBLEM

Frederick Clarkson — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:29:02 EDT

The rifts in the New Apostolic Reformation that emerged last year have erupted into a full-blown identity crisis. This is a crisis born, in part, of the movement’s desire to project a benign Christian image to distract from public scrutiny…

'Joel's Army' Is Already Here: The Obscure 20th Century Religious Movement That Profoundly Influences The Right's Cosmic Battle

Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 02:01:12 EDT

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the rhetoric of the religious and political Right has heard it: the sound of a critical moment in a bad horror movie. It’s the moment when we learn that the demons are us —which…

The Spirit of January 6th: The Theology of This Seldom Discussed Movement Animates the Growing Threat to U.S. Democracy

Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné — Tue, 16 May 2023 04:12:56 EDT

Listen to this article on the Inform Your Resistance podcast. Lance Wallnau, a prominent Apostle/Prophet in the Neo-Charismatic New Apostolic Reformation, had an unusual Easter message this year. Rather than a traditional message of hope and eternal life, he issued…

Dragged Through the Mud: This Little Church-Backed Support Group for LGBTQ Teens Suffered Bomb Threats, Smears and the Cancellation of its Drag Show

Chrissy Stroop — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 05:29:15 EDT

“Twenty years ago I thought now would be better. And it’s not.” That’s how Tiffany Vasquez, a longtime resident of Roseville, California, feels after weeks of vicious right-wing attacks on the local LGBTQ community—attacks that are part of an increasingly…

Communicators for Christ: How Homeschool Debate Leagues Shaped the Rising Stars of the Christian Right

R.L. Stollar — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 03:14:55 EDT

David Eastman is one of the rising young stars of the Christian Right. Controversial, blunt, and shameless, Eastman has—like his idol , former President Donald Trump—mastered the art of provoking strong, emotional reactions from people with his rhetoric. Born and…

'Exporting Garbage to the Nations': Conservative Christian Rifts Spreading Like Cracked Glass

Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 02:32:26 EST

The conservative Christian base of the Republican Party has never been as monolithic as it sometimes seems. This has recently been on vivid display in Pennsylvania, where rifts among conservative evangelical Christians are spreading like cracked glass. New cracks appeared…

Coups of a Feather: The Striking Similarities Between Brazil's Insurrection and Jan 6 May Be Due to 'Authoritarian Learning'

Annika Brockschmidt — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 02:54:25 EST

The images were eerily similar: Insurrectionists were storming the halls of Congress, beating police officers who tried to fend them off, wreaking havoc in the offices of legislators, desecrating the very symbol of democracy itself— all in the name of…

Evidence Strongly Suggests Trump Was Collaborating with Christian Nationalist Leaders Before January 6th

Matthew D. Taylor, Bradley Onishi — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 09:47:02 EST

On December 22, the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol Riot released its report, reopening the question of what forces and figures incited the insurrection as we observe its two-year anniversary. Yet, as numerous observers have noticed, the…

Call it 'Christian Globalism': A Reporter's Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III

Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 03:36:57 EST

This is the final installment of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part II: When it Comes to Societal Dominion, the Details Matter…

101: Dominionism

Frederick Clarkson — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:40:29 EDT

Dominionism is one of the most significant ideological forces in the U.S. This theological idea has been gathering strength for a half century and is transforming conservative evangelical Christianity into political movements that are driving politics.

Putin's Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There's Reason to Believe it'll Go Mainstream

Thomas Lecaque — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:30:57 EDT

It starts with a tweet: https://twitter.com/realRickWiles/status/1585375961033605120?s=20&t=DZQ… And it is, of course, not simply that. Shortly before, in support of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin appointing a “chief exorcist” against Satanism, he said : “Can you think of anybody, in the…

Statement on NAR & Christian Nationalism Answers Few Questions But Exposes Growing Rifts in the Movement

Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:16:39 EDT

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…

When it Comes to Societal Dominion, the Details Matter: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part II

Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:18:30 EDT

This is the second of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part III: Call it ‘Christian Globalism’ The apostles of the New Apostolic…

White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II

Ben Lorber — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:23:09 EDT

Below is the second of a two-part report on the third National Conservatism Conference that took place in Miami, FL from September 11 - September 13, 2022. Read Part I here . “Exercise your dominion, O Lord, over this nation”…

Barna Plays God, School Board Boot Camp, and the Birth of the 'SAGECON': Day 3

PRA Staff — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:37:20 EDT

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…

Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:22:53 EDT

While the Christian Right has been an increasingly powerful factor in American politics for decades, it has benefited from a strangely persistent culture of denialism. We needn’t review the number of times that reporters, scholars, and religious leaders who should…

Book Bannings Are Bad Enough, But Where Those Involved Are Considered Demonic, the Stakes Could Get Much Higher

Frederick Clarkson — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:39:52 EDT

Calls for, or at least predictions of, revolution or civil war have been common on the religious and political Right for decades. This has been particularly so among leaders of the Christian revivalist movement, the New Apostolic Reformation, in recent…