https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to dr. martin luther king jr. en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/10/05/columbus-day-celebrates-christian-doctrine-authorized-centuries-violence-and-continues Of the 12 federal holidays, Columbus Day is one of only three celebrating a person. Among that trinity, which includes the celebrations of the births of George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., it remains peculiar. Unlike the first president… Thu, 05 Oct 2023 03:55:11 EDT Robert P. Jones c719df94-1cf0-421d-8f46-9943f7fcab88 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/07/19/how-fbi-aided-and-abetted-rise-white-christian-nationalism-interview Earlier this year, on his Straight White American Jesus podcast, RD’s Bradley Onishi spoke with Dr. Lerone Martin about his latest book. In this edited and condensed version of their conversation, Martin, an associate professor of religious studies at Stanford… Wed, 19 Jul 2023 05:12:27 EDT Bradley Onishi a8951fdc-1377-4ff7-9180-47cdcf347c4e https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/10/celebrating-religious-freedom-day-taking-back-revolutionary-meaning-religious-freedom Religious freedom has been at the center of American history since the founding. (And by the founding , I mean of the United States of America , not including the roughly century-and-a-half of colonial era.) There’s a story of religious… Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:09:48 EST Frederick Clarkson 53ffc929-a1d7-4534-854e-e4b4545b0011 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/22/salvation-purity-and-right-wing-activism-sampling-what-taxpayers-will-be-forced-support The two Christian schools at the center of Carson v. Makin —the case in which the Supreme Court just ruled that the state of Maine must include religious schools in its tuition assistance program for rural families that had, until… Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:51:07 EDT Chrissy Stroop a2e4833b-7d15-4212-be33-faa55719d0a3 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/04/04/honoring-and-renewing-dr-kings-other-more-challenging-dream-55-years-later Fifty-four years ago—on April 4, 1968—Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Exactly one year earlier—on April 4, 1967—Dr. King created a huge furor by coming out strongly against the Vietnam War before a packed crowd at New York’s… Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:38:44 EDT Peter Laarman 2c3b994f-07d8-492b-969f-fea6e4a80cbb https://religiondispatches.org/2022/01/13/uses-and-abuses-legacy-dr-martin-luther-king-jr In January 1994, a week after the King holiday, I walked into the lobby of my dorm to listen to representatives from the Israeli School of Universal Practical Knowledge (ISUPK), a Black Israelite group. Someone asked about Dr. Martin Luther… Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:59:52 EST A. E. Brooks-Key 70673a15-ab26-42c1-a20b-d2130e0bb39a https://religiondispatches.org/2021/12/20/how-do-we-break-cycle-religious-violence-south-asia Over the last few months, South Asia has been caught in yet another cycle of religious violence. In October, Muslim extremist mobs in Bangladesh inflicted serious violence against the country’s Hindu minority during its most important festival, Durga Puja. The… Mon, 20 Dec 2021 01:00:58 EST Sunita Viswanath d4b9ba32-be53-4557-9c98-a28aadfc39ee https://religiondispatches.org/2021/12/17/do-make-trouble-complex-world-radical-jewish-revenge-theologian-meir-kahane Montclair High School recently found itself embroiled in a controversy of its own making when it decided to honor the late Rabbi Meir Kahane as part of its Jewish Heritage Month communication, a choice baffling to Jews and Gentiles alike… Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:01:28 EST Shane Burley 5bec204b-bddf-460c-a26a-5ae81f42b00e https://religiondispatches.org/2021/10/13/americas-jesus-problem-making-progressive-christians-complicit-christian-supremacy As we reflect on the implications of the Trump years there have been several books exploring the convergence of white evangelical Christianity, right-wing nationalism, and Trumpism as it morphed into a virulent form white Christian nationalism. These books offer critiques… Wed, 13 Oct 2021 02:09:34 EDT A. E. Brooks-Key b44b316d-ea25-407a-b65d-2ddc80d6c7a9 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/08/09/whats-missing-popular-discussions-todays-christian-nationalism If you want to know where the Republican Party is headed, you need to set aside your assumptions and simply listen to what its leaders and activists say—especially when they’re talking amongst themselves. As a reporter and author on the… Mon, 09 Aug 2021 03:37:44 EDT Katherine Stewart 66119b48-f33a-4bdb-9132-15093a340a05 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/06/14/another-manufactured-outrage-rep-ilhan-omar-did-nothing-wrong-listing-hamas-israel-and Last week, Representative Ilhan Omar asked Secretary of State Tony Blinken a straightforward question. It was prompted by recent cases brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging war crimes, or crimes against humanity, by both Israel and Hamas in… Mon, 14 Jun 2021 04:24:23 EDT Joshua Shanes 49021e30-0cdb-4b04-9ae4-2aff4b4d87ee https://religiondispatches.org/2021/06/14/roots-white-evangelicalisms-crisis-are-white-evangelical-churches-not-republican In recent months, the Southern Baptist Convention has faced a steady stream of high-profile defections, including black pastors such as Charlie Dates , popular Bible teacher Beth Moore , and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore. The recent… Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:36:35 EDT Jesse Curtis ac2f8782-8510-45db-8968-ee1c8e127a82 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/04/21/beyond-white-reasonable-doubt-why-i-cannot-fully-celebrate-verdict-against-let-his-name “I was dreaming when I wrote this forgive me if it goes astray” – Prince I started writing this before the announcement of the verdict. I want to start writing while the angst, the fear, the anxiety is still very… Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:09:10 EDT A. E. Brooks-Key 9d5f246a-b511-4d2a-9da6-0d42c0227d36 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/04/07/times-link-noi-capitol-killer-based-flawed-comparison-between-rightwing-christian Here’s a quick quiz. Guess who wrote the following words: “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: That his justice cannot sleep for ever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution… Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:16:19 EDT A. E. Brooks-Key 6b6b45a7-68ff-4870-ade2-d3d170365434 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/04/01/derek-chauvins-defense-keeping-long-racist-tradition-seeks-criminalize-george-floyd On the first day of the George Floyd trial, Eric Nelson, the attorney for Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin who kneeled on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes 46 seconds, disputed the independent pathologists’ report that simple asphyxiation—a loss of oxygen—had… Thu, 01 Apr 2021 03:05:11 EDT Alex Zamalin d9173025-6884-4b85-af01-d9063fa28b88 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/03/31/radical-martin-luther-king-jr-and-lefts-challenge-today A dream shared by many will finally come to fruition Sunday night when the April 4 anniversary of Dr. King’s murder serves as a springboard for reflection on King’s radical vision for a transformed America. For purposes of the launch… Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:51:50 EDT Peter Laarman c4a8c432-c61e-4852-8798-c4b6db5f5742 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/03/29/how-christian-nationalist-version-american-story-enabled-georgias-anti-black-voter Last week, Georgia Republicans passed a radical new law designed, as the New York Times put it, “to restrict voting access in the state.” The bill, which some have referred to as Jim Crow 2.0 for the disproportionate effect it… Mon, 29 Mar 2021 03:34:04 EDT Bradley Onishi 01f710dc-1114-4216-ad47-0202b95c43b4 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/03/26/what-connects-racism-misogyny-and-faith-community-and-thats-bad-thing Since the murder of eight people at Atlanta-area spas on March 16, there’s been a fierce debate over the causes of the shooting rampage. Some, such as Ruth Graham of the New York Times, have pointed to the gunman’s exposure… Fri, 26 Mar 2021 02:53:34 EDT Daniel Schultz 48c6fed6-b06f-4878-bb0c-63c47cd5da0b https://religiondispatches.org/2021/03/24/what-passover-taught-me-about-being-black As Passover approaches this weekend I often reminisce about how, as a young child, the highlight of my Easter weekend wasn’t watching the Greatest Story Ever Told , The Robe , or other classic Easter movies. For me, it was… Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:43:56 EDT A. E. Brooks-Key 649ca0b7-02b6-4107-9dcc-d6e5103e5b43 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/03/10/im-not-here-fix-evangelicals-show-them-who-they-are-interview-author-white-evangelical For readers of RD, Anthea Butler scarcely needs an introduction. Since 2009, shortly after RD’s launch, Anthea has contributed well over 100 pieces on topics as wide-ranging as the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and the Politics of… Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:41:29 EST Chrissy Stroop 7efcb2cc-9a55-4dd8-b226-237dc14b2d37 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/22/because-we-dared-exist-after-generations-trauma-black-gun-ownership-rise there is no such thing as good or bad there is only justice. no justice no peace. My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter, Aja Monet And I know we too are made of all the things that we have lost… Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:08:29 EST Josiah Daniels 837a8dd3-07ec-4fd8-a12d-ff63e13cbabe https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/21/does-bidens-inauguration-signal-third-reconstruction Steny Hoyer was right, and we should thank the House Majority leader for clarifying things. In a stem-winding speech urging the second impeachment of Donald Trump, he said he keeps hearing about “the peaceful transfer of power,” but there hasn’t… Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:44:39 EST John Stoehr cc57d76e-1305-4221-8ad3-721935b24cc8 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/19/where-were-they-radicalized-no-answer-complete-without-addressing-evangelical-churches As the United States prepares for the end of a nightmarish one-term presidency that seemed to drag on forever, Americans continue to unpack the January 6 insurrection that now even soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell admits was “provoked” by… Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:02:50 EST Chrissy Stroop 78c57897-d281-47df-8f07-71cf169c40fd https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/15/we-cant-have-religious-freedom-without-reproductive-freedom This Religious Freedom Day, January 16 th, we want to highlight the idea that religious freedom is inescapably linked with reproductive freedom. We cannot fully have one without the other. Religious Freedom Day was designated by Congress to commemorate the… Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:43:37 EST Frederick Clarkson, Cari Jackson 8f65f168-c648-4da9-9565-85e34f27be0a https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/14/its-time-put-end-virginias-racist-death-penalty In the next few weeks, Virginia’s General Assembly will be asked to consider a bill to end the death penalty. A decade ago, this pursuit would have been seen as impossible given Virginia’s status as the state with the highest… Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:02:13 EST LaKeisha Cook 7b6bc0f6-4365-4237-b9d6-875f7ecf7712