I watched Donald Trump’s speech the other night to a sweaty crowd in West Bend, Wisconsin with a mixture of amusement and bewilderment. The candidate made repeated references to being in Milwaukee and…
Will Mormons vote for Donald Trump this November? With all the attention given to whether or not evangelicals will support Trump (and the related, if diversionary, question of whether those who do are…
The whipcrack of agon has lashed America’s 2016, and Tim LaHaye has died. The extraordinarily influential evangelical remains best known for his co-authorship of the Left Behind novels, ubiquitous…
Welcome to the first in a sporadic series of posts on popularly misunderstood, misused, or misleading terms, stories, and ideas from the world of religion. In this first installment, “Miss Conception…
Last night, Ted Cruz preached a message of conscience and principled conservatism to the Republican National Convention. He was met with an almost deafening chorus of boos and jeers. In another…
The kickoff to the reality show known as the Republican National Convention went off as expected—with satire, chaos on the floor, and religious wing-nuttery. Good thing I got my popcorn popped ahead…
What led Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel to rent a refrigerated truck, arm himself with a few pistols and fake assault rifles, and begin his terrible rampage last week on the beachside promenade of Nice…
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…
