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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Religion Dispatches
Thirty people in a queer club were shot with an AR-15 by a man with a prior criminal record. Thirty people in a queer club were shot with the Christian Right’s revered weapon as Transgender Day of…
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Religion Dispatches
Peter Thiel’s bid to win two seats in Congress didn’t quite succeed. One of his protégées, J.D. Vance , won his race in Ohio after trailing his Democratic opponent for weeks, while the other, Blake…
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Religion Dispatches
For two days in late October, I attended Clay Clarke’s MAGA-driven ReAwaken America Tour near my home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Keynote speakers included a predictable Who’s Who of Trump…
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Religion Dispatches
Around 3 a.m. on October 28, David DePape attacked Paul Pelosi, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s husband, with a hammer. During the attack, DePape yelled “Where’s Nancy?” raising concerns that his…
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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