https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to the duggars en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/13/katie-britt-wants-you-be-afraid-its-fuel-feeds-conservative-power Last week, Katie Britt, one of Alabama’s two Christian nationalist senators, provided a now-notorious rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. If nothing else it was compelling television (and it even inspired a widely shared Saturday Night… Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:35:22 EDT Daniel Schultz 4db3a443-6a1d-41bc-844f-e261c539f64d https://religiondispatches.org/2023/06/15/conservative-christians-insist-toxic-theology-portrayed-duggar-family-doc-fringe-it Conservative Christian social media influencers have an important message to deliver after a new documentary about the Duggar family thrust the conservative Christian Institute in Basic Life Principles into a mainstream spotlight: We’re not like them—they’re a fringe organization. And… Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:14:14 EDT Caroline Matas e81880e8-9f00-4113-a7d5-fe04992a311f https://religiondispatches.org/2022/07/27/if-family-research-council-church-im-taxthechurches-supporter Like other authoritarians, right-wing Christians often prefer to minimize transparency in order to avoid accountability. Those who have considerable power within the social hierarchies prescribed by conservative Christianity can often evade accountability on a variety of fronts. The success of… Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:26:23 EDT Chrissy Stroop 7be1dc5a-c096-4bfd-a138-f90757e3ea83 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/06/04/note-churches-during-pride-if-youre-not-lgbtq-affirming-keep-your-water It’s Pride Month again! Time for indulging in hope, for flying flags, and for remembering the victims of anti-LGBTQ bigotry as well as celebrating the hard-fought gains that have come since Stonewall , both in terms of legal rights and… Fri, 04 Jun 2021 03:02:02 EDT Chrissy Stroop 494a3811-e10b-4f6e-a17d-74dd20e4247a https://religiondispatches.org/2021/05/04/inside-evangelical-beliefs-and-practices-facilitate-abuse-families-duggars Last Thursday, Josh Duggar’s sexual misconduct once again brought his reality TV-famous family into the spotlight. The 33-year-old was arrested Thursday on federal charges of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse materials, charges that carry a potential sentence of 20… Tue, 04 May 2021 02:40:31 EDT Caroline Matas 3d2fc83c-8612-448b-9ee0-a11304482185 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/05/03/josh-duggar-arrest-child-sexual-abuse-material-part-systemic-problem-evangelicalism Last Thursday, April 29, former reality TV star Josh Duggar was arrested by federal authorities and held without bail. On Friday, the charges dropped: downloading and possession of child sexual abuse material (still often referred to, problematically, as “child porn”)… Mon, 03 May 2021 04:07:25 EDT Chrissy Stroop 3f918bde-997f-4ea8-94e3-8251e79eba53 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/13/why-roy-moores-evangelical-supporters-wont-abandon-him Amidst shocking allegations that Roy Moore pursued relationships with girls ranging in age from 14-18 years old when he was in his 30s, a new poll shows that 37% of evangelicals are “more likely” to vote for Moore, while another… Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:49:21 EST Julie Ingersoll 9b1b344b-e0fe-4c9e-98ad-847f87316b3f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/17/spaghetti-dinner-clause-launched-latest-religious-freedom-suit “Houses of worship” can still be places of public accommodation. Mon, 17 Oct 2016 05:13:08 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 405caa00-f73b-4a74-8429-512db63cd2aa https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/23/greatest-hits-2015-religion-stories-our-readers-couldnt-resist Running the gamut from religious fundamentalists to closet atheists, reality TV scandal to serious theological debate, here are the most popular posts from RD in 2015. #10 Churches Can No Longer Hide the Truth: Daniel Dennett on the New Transparency… Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:38:23 EST Ellie Faustino 121c37d5-af64-43b8-9a17-5fa75c2a27f7 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/24/should-we-empathize-josh-duggar Over on his popular blog, Chris Boeskool, a progressive Christian, has suggested that there’s something rather un-Christian about the mocking posts in response to the news of Josh Duggar’s Ashley Madison accounts, and to his insufficient apology. Unlike Boeskool, I… Mon, 24 Aug 2015 01:06:03 EDT Chrissy Stroop 0309eb1c-7ae5-460a-b2c7-04624e862202 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/30/benedict-opt-out-why-christian-self-isolation-wont-work In a much talked-about Op-Ed in Time last week in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on same sex marriage, Rod Dreher wrote that Christians “really have to accept the fact that we really are living in a culturally… Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:36:37 EDT Kaya Oakes aa5f91d3-e54d-4fc7-96bd-879a6b3d20c2 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/30/what-conservative-christian-fake-trans-bathroom-creeper-has-do-suburban-anxiety 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 anxieties about social change and urban environments through imaginary, fake-transgender bathroom… Tue, 30 Jun 2015 02:13:40 EDT Sarah Morice-Brubaker 5c492c51-1edb-4e05-af09-398e89a5235c https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/09/commentary-caitlyn-jenner-reveals-fundamentalisms-abusive-dynamic If the dignity of the individual person means anything, then it has to mean this. Tue, 09 Jun 2015 12:44:27 EDT Chrissy Stroop 38ea0471-910f-43a7-8d0e-2a57fe90e6ad https://religiondispatches.org/2015/05/27/did-duggars-fundamentalism-cause-sexual-abuse-not-so-fast Now that the sexual abuse allegations against Josh Duggar have resurfaced and made the news, many people are inquiring whether the Duggars’ belief system perpetuates sexual abuse. In light of other high-profile sexual abuse scandals among the Duggars’ associates—most notably… Wed, 27 May 2015 11:52:18 EDT Sarah Morice-Brubaker 0097b038-5fd7-45dc-924a-aaba7518c8a7 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/05/21/josh-duggar-and-purity-lie Josh Duggar, the oldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, stars of “reality” TV and the real life conservative movement, has resigned his position as executive director of FRC Action, the political action arm of the Family Research Council… Thu, 21 May 2015 10:51:10 EDT Sarah Posner b35a7d84-9171-44dc-82f3-53873200aa7a https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/02/hobby-lobby-bill-gothard-and-submission-women Mother Jones’ David Corn and Molly Redden report on the relationship between the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and the disgraced former leader of the Institute in Basic Life Principles, Bill Gothard. Gothard, now 79 and never… Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:27:46 EDT Sarah Posner 3f932f58-5f96-4431-bb91-60c4fdfbf2c9 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/04/16/duggar-daughters-talk-sex-courtship-and-fear-ungodly-men The Duggar daughters’ message is clear and stark. Ladies: Men can be frightening and dangerous. Your best defense is preventative. Turn inward and make yourself a Godly woman worthy of a Godly man…or risk abuse. Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:58:16 EDT Myev Rees 4a2f2d2f-388f-4a63-b9f3-91d5bac81242 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/01/24/uncle-sugar-religious-bogeyman Why Uncle Sugar threatens Mike Huckabee’s religiously conceived masculinity. Fri, 24 Jan 2014 04:24:17 EST Sarah Posner 984fadf1-cea2-444f-976a-729b58de1ed9 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/19/all-ducked-reality-tv-not-so-real A&E left a lot on the cutting room floor. Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:21:09 EST Sarah Posner 514dc783-5d20-417b-a4da-05143901607b https://religiondispatches.org/2013/01/14/new-disciples-report-south-carolina Across South Carolina—and indeed the country—voters attend tiny churches, Bible studies, and prayer meetings. Their collective views on the candidates are much more difficult to measure and assess. And while they may be consumers of Christian talk radio, or televangelism, or other religious media, they are not lock-step followers of the decisions of elites who met at a ranch in Texas, or of Jim Bob Duggar, or of anything but their own received revelation. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:11:31 EST Sarah Posner 1077c48b-0a06-424d-83a6-95cf633a4e6f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/07/one-us-rick-santorum-and-politics-very-big-family “Seven kids! Seven kids!” one woman exlaimed at a Rick Santorum rally in Louisiana on March 21, when organizers asked people to say what they liked most about the ultra-conservative Catholic, homeschooling presidential candidate. Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:58:54 EDT Kathryn Joyce 52c7bb4c-3607-43fc-8ec4-428f8a6b9499 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/10/santorum-legacy-fertility-wars As he drops out, he leaves his religious legacy on the race. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:54:42 EDT Sarah Posner 74973dbd-81ed-4c3d-bb63-729c0e3efed9 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/29/gingrich-downplays-adelson-money-stokes-fear-second-holocaust-florida-church Florida campaign stop focuses on the culture wars and getting out the Christian vote. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:39:14 EST Sarah Posner b10fc74a-f3f1-4c4d-bdf5-3195a25fd7de https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/18/james-dobson-and-tale-two-women Karen Santorum: praiseworthy. Callista Gingrich: slut. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:48:19 EST Sarah Posner 87c2c5e4-c55b-4d3a-ba29-8f303aac70be https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/04/lesson-iowa-be-careful-what-you-pray Santorum banking on the Duggars. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:58:05 EST Sarah Posner 4bfc2a1f-4618-449b-bcf3-49a57618a5fe