proselytizing https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to proselytizing en Response: Is Proselytizing Offensive? Sure. But I Won't Give Them the Satisfaction of Martyrdom https://religiondispatches.org/2022/01/28/response-proselytizing-offensive-sure-i-wont-give-them-satisfaction-martyrdom My colleague Chrissy Stroop’s powerful excoriation of evangelical Christian proselytizing pushed the predictable buttons among many readers. I’m guessing that she was glad to sit back and savor the many misreadings, false equivalencies, and outraged yelps that her broadside brought… Fri, 28 Jan 2022 02:16:56 EST Peter Laarman 8c35ccda-7f2b-4b1e-b097-d82c42b595d3 Trump, "Big Fan of Hindu," To Force Thousands of Nepalis Back to Disaster Zone https://religiondispatches.org/2018/05/22/trump-big-fan-hindu-force-thousands-nepalis-back-disaster-zone When most Americans think of the Hindu community here, they tend to conflate Hindus with Indians, up to a third of the Hindu population in the U.S. is not from India and close to 40 percent of the Indian-American population… Tue, 22 May 2018 11:39:55 EDT Murali Balaji cdd8ec5b-999a-4e85-8945-3c2b754a38bb Competitive Religious Philanthropy in the Wake of the Nepali Earthquake https://religiondispatches.org/2015/05/19/competitive-religious-philanthropy-wake-nepali-earthquake The death toll in Nepal has surpassed 8,500, Reuters reported this week, making it the country’s deadliest earthquake on record. In the aftermath of the disaster, aid has come in many forms, although not nearly enough. As Cathleen Falsani reported… Tue, 19 May 2015 10:36:45 EDT Nalika Gajaweera 049d9b25-0b85-402c-8c32-b5e4b44cc008 Bush Fundraises For Those Who Want to Fix the "Blindness of the Jews" https://religiondispatches.org/2013/11/15/bush-fundraises-those-who-want-fix-blindness-jews Abe Foxman expresses disappointment. Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:46:10 EST The Editors 127d598c-d694-4c2e-9cc9-071f187530ed Social Cost of Christianity? https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/22/social-cost-christianity Are Christians stigmatized in the United States? Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:51:19 EDT Lauri Lebo f95d2a60-d3f0-4d86-8d47-3e4f727e23db Florida Governor Signs Law Defending Educators’ Right to Witness https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/07/florida-governor-signs-law-defending-educators-right-witness Teachers and administrators free to proselytize… unless they agree not to. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:14:55 EDT Lauri Lebo b0bd9b17-fc54-4a85-959d-3146c928b8fc WWJD Or The First Amendment? https://religiondispatches.org/2010/01/22/wwjd-or-first-amendment The real problem with the scripture-encoded rifles. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:53:58 EST Sarah Posner 7010a60d-03ee-4e6b-b152-bb8efaf8db9d Travolta Airlifts Scientology, Supplies, to Haiti https://religiondispatches.org/2010/01/20/travolta-airlifts-scientology-supplies-haiti Representatives of Scientology have had trouble with prosyletizing in the past. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:53:55 EST Becky Garrison 8e601fae-96ca-4b45-afef-1041c30ac9f3 Proselytizing the Pros: Christianity in Big-Time Sports https://religiondispatches.org/2010/01/19/proselytizing-pros-christianity-big-time-sports Mark McGwire gives thanks to “the man upstairs” as he confesses his steroid use, Tiger Woods is publicly urged to find Jesus—but that’s just the tip of the iceberg, or the football, as the case may be, when it comes to the link between sports and evangelical Christianity. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:42:16 EST Tom Krattenmaker dca11499-8ec1-4070-87cb-a41c7829f9bf Unforgiven: Brit and Tiger and the Problem of Speed-Cycle Grace https://religiondispatches.org/2010/01/11/unforgiven-brit-and-tiger-and-problem-speed-cycle-grace Tiger could take Brit Hume’s suggestion and get Jesus for his troubles but nobody should pretend that anything Christian is going on here. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:19:22 EST Peter Laarman dc74baa3-0400-4111-af83-bee9e9abc555 Religious Right Leader Claims Hasan Motivated By “Animus Toward Christians and Jews” https://religiondispatches.org/2009/11/10/religious-right-leader-claims-hasan-motivated-animus-toward-christians-and-jews Rick Scarborough uses occasion to claim hate crimes law persecutes Christians. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:37:01 EST Sarah Posner eb1acbcb-41e7-4032-a37f-9e938033ca3e What in the Name of the Crusades are Tennessee Evangelicals Doing in Kurdish Iraq? https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/19/what-name-crusades-are-tennessee-evangelicals-doing-kurdish-iraq In an exclusive interview, investigative reporter Mike Reynolds uncovers the special relationship between Iraqi Kurds and a group of American evangelicals that practices “spiritual warfare,” harbors a deep animosity toward Islam, and views the region as the evangelistic final frontier. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:51:30 EDT Bill Berkowitz d6cd8535-1840-46c9-b475-261b92d0a8d9 Remembering Rumsfeld: The Defense Department Gospel and America’s Desert Crusade https://religiondispatches.org/2009/05/20/remembering-rumsfeld-defense-department-gospel-and-americas-desert-crusade Bush-era intelligence briefings featured cover pages subtitled with decontextualized and misunderstood scripture in deference to the piety of the administration. Where were the Christian and Jewish moderates, and why didn’t they denounce this extremism? Wed, 20 May 2009 11:13:32 EDT Nathan Schneider 09808bc6-e6b0-4204-a926-e3fe0e461ffe Religion Poll Proves that Liberals Are Not Conservatives https://religiondispatches.org/2009/04/01/religion-poll-proves-liberals-are-not-conservatives A new Barna poll plays off of the tarnished “liberal” label and seems to push the idea that conservative religion is the real religion. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:52:11 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge c65533bb-568c-49fc-9562-1275e216cfa3