https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to liberty university en https://religiondispatches.org/2025/08/07/liberty-universitys-baby-business-forced-birth-coerced-adoption-white-christian Earlier this summer, investigative journalist T.J. Raphael released a seven-episode podcast, Liberty Lost , which investigates the history of Liberty University’s Godparent Home. In this secretive maternity home, pregnant teenagers are cared for and often coerced into placing their babies… Thu, 07 Aug 2025 04:25:25 EDT Emma Cieslik d769e38f-058c-41d9-ac33-0af3996a07d2 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/08/25/why-confession-redemption-path-unlikely-help-falwell-recover-sex-scandal Yesterday, August 24, 2020, was the first day of classes at right-wing evangelical school Liberty University. It also turned out to be the final day of the scandal-prone Jerry Falwell, Jr.’s professional implosion, much to the delight of liberals and… Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:32:50 EDT Chrissy Stroop e718656f-ae9d-4da3-ae46-847040f8e22c https://religiondispatches.org/2018/05/24/tense-history-behind-jimmy-carters-liberty-u-commencement-address Last year Donald Trump delivered the commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of the university, said that Trump’s speech “will go down in history as one of the greatest commencement speeches ever.” This… Thu, 24 May 2018 12:33:03 EDT John Fea 976b0d81-2744-4060-a01a-d49e449a52ed https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/14/liberty-universitys-nevertrump-petition-no-shot-heard-round-world Young evangelicals have been slow to defect from the Trump movement. Fri, 14 Oct 2016 05:34:36 EDT Anita Little e7b92084-5ae3-46e9-bca9-2d1e8f9240d6 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/15/sanders-gets-b-religious-outreach-liberty-u-appearance I went to convocation at Liberty U, and it was okay.* Well, I wasn’t really there for Bernie Sanders’ speech to the Liberty University student body, but I did watch the video. I wasn’t kidding about the speech, though: it… Tue, 15 Sep 2015 02:53:56 EDT Daniel Schultz fc127dc3-1111-45ec-9496-6b323f3b66c3 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/15/liberty-u-speech-sanders-breaks-democratic-faith-outreach-mold I finally got a chance to watch Bernie Sanders’ Monday speech at Liberty University this morning, and was struck by what a radical and refreshing departure it was from the standard Democratic “faith outreach” fare. The speech wasn’t about Sanders… Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:13:50 EDT Sarah Posner e17eb7f7-0e34-4a49-ac65-e743fdeeae7a https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/11/global-lgbt-recap-mandela-and-equality-elton-john-defies-russian-ban-fake-healing-aids From India to China to Africa, events this month leave no doubt that the struggle for LGBT rights has gone global. Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:22:22 EST Peter Montgomery 6dbe153f-d644-496c-9c38-b9503c166dab https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/08/twitter-lovefest-blooms-among-anti-gay-leaders-uganda-us Matt Barber loves Martin Ssempa (and the feeling is mutual). Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:01:23 EDT Peter Montgomery af6604b5-2564-41e3-bd0d-8afbb4038eb3 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/09/26/liberty-loves-trump-and-feeling-mutual Jerry Falwell Jr. gushes over “visionary” Trump. Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:07:52 EDT Peter Montgomery 8c97f238-8eb5-44d2-b10f-a8084ad60de7 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/27/who-mat-staver-counsel-anti-gay-activist-against-suit-uganda Late last month, after federal authorities arrested a Tennessee pastor on charges of aiding and abetting an international parental kidnapping, students at Liberty University Law School saw one of their exam questions come to life. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:47:59 EDT Sarah Posner 24cbe399-3845-4a38-84aa-d606a8509df1 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/27/romneys-debate-coach-and-his-religion-answer Romney goes for the Christian Right answer. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:40:54 EST Sarah Posner a1d55b82-c564-4f34-b6e1-ea7af91d5b47 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/09/28/bachmann-weaves-own-salvation-story-christian-nation-mythology In speech at Liberty University, Bachmann conflates knowing Jesus with freedom from socialism. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:36:13 EDT Sarah Posner 2f429cde-7ba9-4d65-a8ae-a2ba991b5ae5 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/09/14/perrys-god-talk-liberty-university I was lost, and then I was found. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:27:51 EDT Sarah Posner f2272864-d70d-419b-a8aa-498332de2d0b https://religiondispatches.org/2011/03/15/jesus-hates-taxes-biblical-capitalism-created-fertile-anti-union-soil While the current assault on unions seems driven mostly by the billionaire Koch brothers and corporate-funded groups, religious right leaders and activists have spent decades creating fertile soil for anti-union campaigns through the promotion of biblical capitalism. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:52:03 EDT Peter Montgomery 962ca88a-575c-46f8-9591-2990399ee576 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/28/religious-right-doubles-down-doma The National Association of Evangelicals eagerly reasserts its opposition to any recognition of same-sex relationships. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:14:31 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge 5957b282-06d4-4e7b-8004-f48ff494f83c https://religiondispatches.org/2011/01/14/dorito-pepsi-eucharist-hate-pastor-smackdown-and-egyptian-muslims-shield-christians The week in religion. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:44:09 EST Michael J. Altman f2f3321e-6542-4bdf-bb89-23fb33cf4508 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/01/young-imam-reality-show-debating-secularism-and-more The week in religion, poetically… Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:09:13 EDT Michael J. Altman baed51f1-c625-4107-bc30-0ca300a375e5 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/29/does-one-have-be-ex-muslim-be-good-christian Liberty University’s anti-Islam brand problem. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:51:25 EDT Hussein Rashid f542e24a-70e5-4cf6-8b2c-d6cba69b9dd4 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/18/beinarts-indictment-and-evangelical-right How the Jewish-evangelical alliance contributes to the end of liberal Zionism and democracy in Israel. Tue, 18 May 2010 07:29:06 EDT Sarah Posner 9a9a288a-e175-4580-a85f-fcadf2a9dd5c https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/16/thats-dr-glenn-beck-thanks-liberty-university Beck’s honorary degree. Sun, 16 May 2010 02:37:22 EDT Joanna Brooks 5e78e26c-3db9-4940-a301-881a7c7bfd90 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/13/liberty-university-investigates-seminary-president-over-allegations-he-fabricated-muslim After initially declining to investigate Ergun Caner, the evangelical university launches a probe. Thu, 13 May 2010 12:57:43 EDT Hussein Rashid b31bc549-2857-462d-af9b-d5f9ca342e2b https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/05/muslim-brand-libertys-ergun-caner His salvation story is one of several the right adapts to brand Islam. Wed, 05 May 2010 08:21:59 EDT Hussein Rashid 8f7761c8-2257-4f30-b0b4-29f1dd9e9ab8 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/04/29/religious-right-prays-lift-curse-obama-glenn-becks-commencement-speech-and-cross-desert The week’s religion news. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:21:42 EDT Christopher Marchsteiner 94766a1c-db50-4436-b7aa-8b34dda87baf https://religiondispatches.org/2010/04/16/freedom-federation-summit-sleepy-awakening With the firepower of the religious right behind it, could this “multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-national” revival get off the ground? Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:28:44 EDT Sarah Posner 45c4174c-9880-40b5-bb4e-ba13bec78d39 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/01/12/oral-roberts-pioneering-christian-zionist Famous for his use of TV to spread the message, Oral Roberts—friend of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben Gurion—helped to popularize the notion that the newly founded State of Israel was an indication that God still acts in history and that events prophesied in the bible were at hand. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:36:47 EST Shalom Goldman 8340b5a7-b1c9-4230-ac2b-02ab92581bd6