https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to pentecostalism en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/07/christian-right-denialism-more-dangerous-ever-reporters-guide-new-apostolic-reformation 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 times that reporters, scholars, and religious leaders who should… Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:22:53 EDT Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné 3da0190d-0c44-4969-a0a6-fd72208acf8b https://religiondispatches.org/2022/08/09/new-apostolic-reformation-faces-profound-rift-due-trump-prophecies-and-spiritual Updated 8/16/22: The authors’ response to a correction request follows the article. - eds Four weeks after the January 6th insurrection , two leaders of the revivalist New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) were concerned about the future of their movement. They… Tue, 09 Aug 2022 04:47:29 EDT Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné df1661fe-75bc-48f7-bb71-e56b9cdfc1be https://religiondispatches.org/2021/02/26/problem-evangelical-petition-calling-white-nationalism-heresy Me, starting column: Well, actually, an evangelical sign-on petition calling white nationalism a heresy is not helpful for many reasons, not least because many of the 1/6 insurrectionists were themselves Christians, and there’s no standard method to determine who’s a… Fri, 26 Feb 2021 04:22:53 EST Daniel Schultz f4a30920-15a5-466a-b0dd-bf4ee1793683 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/10/13/religious-reason-many-americans-refuse-wear-masks Even in the most evangelical phase of my life, when I was a college student who occasionally engaged in raising my hands while singing praise songs, I was horrified to know that there were some Christians in the world who… Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:09:15 EDT Kate Blanchard 23453994-be9f-44a7-ad8f-b46f95d20b67 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/08/03/spiritual-warfare-worldview-trumps-conspiracy-doctor-part-transnational-movement Dr. Stella Immanuel received considerable attention after President Donald Trump retweeted a video where she recommends the use of hydroxychloroquine and asserts that masks are unnecessary to halt the transmission of COVID-19. More information about the actors who funded the… Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:23:39 EDT André Gagné 05b39293-4c42-436f-9fef-852b5c241912 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/07/30/only-surprising-thing-about-demon-sperm-doctors-views-theyre-shared-many-evangelicals On Monday, in a since-deleted tweet, President Trump shared a video of Houston-based, Cameroonian-American doctor Stella Immanuel touting the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19. On its own, of course, there’s nothing particularly newsworthy about this; the President has been… Thu, 30 Jul 2020 05:16:28 EDT Lenny J. Lowe 92f3f600-91b5-4000-a22c-9e91e66ef282 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/08/25/clergy-shouldnt-be-able-steal-funds-grindr-or-dolls We could debate whether immoral people seek out positions in the clergy or whether clerical life corrupts people, but that debate misses the point. Sun, 25 Aug 2019 09:45:14 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 169a7112-abff-493b-a153-6f8a2cbf6baf https://religiondispatches.org/2019/02/25/scotus-likely-support-memorial-cross-should-we-even-care Every court to decide on such a cross has said that it must come down or be moved to private property, but the conservative Supreme Court majority may rule in its favor. Have we simply forgotten how well separation of church and state has worked? Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:14:16 EST Andrew L. Seidel d1809eab-4f22-42af-a5a8-6bf711ec3610 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/17/netflixs-carlton-pearson-biopic-come-sunday-reveals-christianitys-struggle-its-soul What’s the message, Bishop? That question, asked by the church’s closeted gay music director, Reggie (a convincing Lakeith Stanfield), provides the hinge for the whole Carlton Pearson story in the acclaimed new Netflix biopic, Come Sunday. It’s a question that… Tue, 17 Apr 2018 02:07:38 EDT Peter Laarman 744866f1-276b-45c7-a645-fd8da1e779c7 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/02/devils-music-how-christians-inspired-condemned-and-embraced-rock-n-roll Over the past six decades, rock ‘n’ roll music has played a central role in American popular culture. Armed with a fun-loving and rebellious ethos, rock has had a liberating effect on generations of young people and inspired many of… Mon, 02 Apr 2018 02:57:19 EDT Eric C. Miller b27b9b7b-f498-42de-8e92-db9ebc2d14ae https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/30/australian-church-leaders-see-marriage-vote-battle-soul-australia-global-lgbt-recap-1030 Editors from the International Press Institute told American journalists “that Donald Trump’s hostility toward the free press is emboldening dictators and autocratic leaders across the globe.” Human Rights First reacted to raids on LGBT nightclubs in Belarus by saying it… Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:09:27 EDT Peter Montgomery f42a71e5-be18-471c-89ab-d2687bd498c3 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/10/new-softer-prosperity-gospel-still-cant-deliver-its-promises-health-and-wealth Instead of houses and cars as evidence of faith, there is now an polished suggestion that you can have it all— the right body, a great spouse, and abundant opportunities—regardless of your socioeconomic status. Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:00:21 EDT Verdell A. Wright c0b16060-fdaa-456c-b717-e7b3e0d419fa https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/04/president-anointed-god-potus-shield-and-religious-rights-affair-trump People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch this month published an important report by RD contributor (and PFAW senior fellow) Peter Montgomery, offering a compelling portrait of a group that calls itself POTUS Shield (which also stands for “Prophetic… Fri, 04 Aug 2017 02:32:50 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 797f344c-48d0-43c9-b54c-9893f2a01018 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/06/01/complicating-prosperity-gospel-story-microeconomics-pentecostalism-international-edition Pentecostalism, prosperity gospel, and a mining economy? Sounds like West Virginia, but here we’re talking about Zambia. In this RD10Q author Naomi Haynes shakes up some widely-held assumptions about the role of Pentecostal Christianity in social and economic life. ____… Thu, 01 Jun 2017 03:27:03 EDT Naomi Haynes 36aad8ba-a8fe-4dbb-a0f5-1885fac4c093 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/18/spiritual-mapping-evangelicals-battle-vodou-haiti Reza Aslan is the host of the new spiritual adventure series Believer , which tackles the battle between evangelical Christianity and Vodou in Haiti in this Sunday’s episode on CNN 7PT/10ET. After the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010… Sat, 18 Mar 2017 01:31:08 EDT Reza Aslan 289d1b08-69e0-4708-b257-45c9c42f7643 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/31/southern-cage-how-myth-redemptive-depression-keeps-blacks-margins An interview with Alison Collis Greene, author of No Depression in Heaven: the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Transformation of Religion in the Delta Sun, 31 Jul 2016 12:44:33 EDT Eric C. Miller 58ad8877-ff1d-401d-af7c-733054f7b390 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/13/nevertrump-evangelicals-must-face-music The latest Pew data only underscores the story history tells. Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:13:03 EDT Neil J. Young cb37b841-2686-43ff-842e-c75807c90a55 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/06/kneel-ins-condemnation-racial-sin-meaning-pcas-overture-pursuing-racial-reconciliation Over the last 20 years, major American denominations, particularly those with southern origins (such as the Southern Baptist Convention and the Pentecostal Holiness Church), have been in the business of passing “racial reconciliation resolutions.” The Southern Baptists did so with… Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:30:42 EDT Paul Harvey 361cbad0-07c1-4d72-aee0-c8c9e6ece336 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/09/secede-kingdom-bernie-has-come-near On the one hand, this story from Charisma News is completely silly: Following a very heated primary, it’s not entirely uncommon for the vanquished’s supporters to threaten the political equivalent of taking the ball and going home. But are Bernie… Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:23:54 EDT Daniel Schultz d8d1f4a7-6b3c-4991-9fc1-c621f2db02cc https://religiondispatches.org/2016/03/30/how-do-christians-atheists-compare-muslim-tolerance Despite the clear animus of some high profile atheists, those who don’t believe in God are the most tolerant. Wed, 30 Mar 2016 08:36:40 EDT Darren Sherkat 0ab1fba7-3ee9-4801-af6e-645365a58254 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/22/apocalypse-upon-us-ted-cruz-endorsement-edition I’m writing from Washington, D.C., where we are bracing for a historic blizzard that might dump more than two feet of snow on the area. Grocery and hardware stores are being emptied of food, batteries, candles, shovels, ice melt, toilet… Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:16:09 EST Sarah Posner 2139d40b-e26e-4a33-9694-a364f192865c https://religiondispatches.org/2015/10/09/lying-about-our-religion-and-other-problems-polling A review of Robert Wuthnow’s “Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith.” Fri, 09 Oct 2015 07:02:40 EDT Michael Schulson a0008e7b-2e36-4007-b907-85b0318baf9e https://religiondispatches.org/2015/10/07/televangelist-who-prayed-trump-says-it-wasnt-endorsement Televangelist Kenneth Copeland claims his prayers for Donald Trump at a meeting with televangelists last month was not an endorsement. At the meeting, Copeland laid hands on the candidate and prayed: No man can be successful as president of the… Wed, 07 Oct 2015 03:23:52 EDT Sarah Posner 949fc620-e48c-413d-b087-ab13e9bc4696 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/05/18/predicting-future-religion-thought-experiment Polls are good, but a crystal ball might be better. Mon, 18 May 2015 10:57:10 EDT Ed Simon d5004cb0-1124-4589-869f-888154e0974d https://religiondispatches.org/2015/05/05/mike-huckabee-meet-amy-schumer-and-matter-tony-orlando Perhaps you are too young to remember Mike Huckabee’s 2008 presidential run. If so, you’re definitely too young to remember Tony Orlando. Who? If you were alive (and sentient) in the 1970s, you must have heard Orlando’s smash hit (with… Tue, 05 May 2015 02:05:10 EDT Sarah Posner 24ad4460-6d45-44cc-bece-b839c141b754