https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to reinhold niebuhr en https://religiondispatches.org/2018/12/07/face-gops-shockingly-anti-democratic-actions-love-moral-failure The corrupt legislative shenanigans by lame-duck Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina have prompted many to reiterate calls for “civility” and “love.” But are those objectively good things? Fri, 07 Dec 2018 01:18:49 EST Daniel Schultz 178ea9a9-a723-434e-986d-ae2c720c2041 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/09/irony-repeats-itself-reconsidering-reinhold-niebuhr-trump-era For the third time in this young century, Reinhold Niebuhr is getting another splash of attention. It happened last in 2008, when presidential candidate Barack Obama said that Niebuhr had deeply influenced him. It happened before that in 2003, when… Tue, 09 May 2017 03:23:27 EDT Gary Dorrien 8a280f61-ba1c-4b18-81b7-f177ac7211aa https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/29/springtime-ross-douthat Ross Douthat’s latest column offers proof of Godwin’s law in the headline—and goes downhill from there. And the headline (a sly reference to The Producers’ “Springtime for Hitler”) isn’t even the worst thing in the article. To be fair, journalists… Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:58:16 EDT Daniel Schultz 9fcf6426-c7f6-45df-92dd-ff498868ba08 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/17/pro-family-ad-helps-explain-fear-marriage-equality In late March The Washington Post published a peculiar ad from the American Family Association (AFA) addressing the U.S. Supreme Court, which will soon issue a ruling on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans in a handful of states. The… Fri, 17 Apr 2015 06:20:28 EDT William E. Smith 9424bd2b-6594-40dc-803d-7a7812dd7b61 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/02/17/david-carrs-secret-honesty-sin David Carr didn’t want you to trust him. It’s a funny thing about journalists and trust. Skepticism is a point of professional pride. “If your mother says she loves you,” the j-school saying goes, “check it out.” At the same… Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:03:41 EST Daniel Silliman ef123518-5c09-4646-a4f0-e2b0fc05fc81 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/12/birmingham-church-bombing-how-will-we-remember How do we balance King’s dream with McNair’s nightmare in our supposedly post-racial and now-digital age? We still live in a country of freedom dreams and violent nightmares. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:55:38 EST Edward J. Blum c1674311-4331-4a5e-9cda-148d032d71f2 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/06/03/only-good-die-young-moral-universe-game-thrones If Lord of the Rings was the epic for the Cold War era, then Game of Thrones is the epic for our time, with the disappearance of the clear oppositions that once enabled easy discrimination between friend and enemy. Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:51:04 EDT George Schmidt 68149eaa-250b-48a1-8df9-14f82db5614b https://religiondispatches.org/2011/03/16/hysterical-heretical-hollywood-humanism-theology-adjustment-bureau Can Matt Damon’s love trump God’s Will? Does it have to? Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:21:15 EDT Jay Michaelson 2a631845-8876-4352-bd68-7240579cf848 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/23/narrative-death-so-powerful-among-us RD contributor Daniel Schultz recently published his first book: Changing the Script, based in large part on the thought of Old Testament scholar and theologian, Walter Brueggeman. To mark the book release, we sent Pastor Dan to interview Brueggemann at his home in Cincinnati. Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:00:27 EDT Daniel Schultz a9193496-77c6-4a26-99d7-d2b2b1c0e8ae https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/19/glenn-becks-social-justice-heresies Though some conservatives worry that Beck’s anti-social justice rants make them look uncaring they all share a loathing of government. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:12:03 EDT Sarah Posner be04355c-b361-4a3b-aad1-7f99a8504178 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/01/17/excerpt-christian-roots-zionism 20th century Jewish aspirations for a revived national home were supported by three centuries of Christian enthusiasm—bolstered by biblical literalism—for the return of the Jews to “their land.” In this excerpt from the newly-released Zeal for Zion, Shalom Goldman traces the Christian roots of Zionism. Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:05:41 EST Shalom Goldman a536e4c6-b1e7-4f7d-91e6-b499e6904660 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/01/12/onward-christian-terrorists-fighting-evil-obama-era Having publicly assured Tiller’s executioner that he acted in “righteousness and mercy,” affable Lutheran pastor Michael Bray, “chaplain” of Christian extremists, spoke with the author a few years back on why America is like Nazi Germany, why it’s okay to kill active abortion providers, and what he means when he says he’s “pro-choice.” Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:35:20 EST Mark Juergensmeyer 76c7251a-1331-479a-adf0-e69be18647f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/12/19/right-makes-might-president-political-realist The president’s speeches at West Point and in Oslo show that there’s more than one way to be a wartime president. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:06:46 EST John D. Carlson e83e290a-294a-4f7d-8b9e-ba6ad1cb7b0e https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/14/niebuhrian-humility-and-dc-punditry Beltway pundits like to think of themselves as impartial umpires representing all points of view in the spirit of “Niebuhrian humility” without realizing that their uncritical acceptance of all points of view is, at best, not very Niebuhrian. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:55:36 EDT Daniel Schultz 26d51a6a-39d5-4a8a-a621-845b19d31f9b https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/15/impossible-possibilities-obama-and-power Is President Obama destined to disappoint progressives? Our columnist channels theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, reminding us of the human potential for both good and evil, and offering a pragmatic approach… Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:55:21 EDT Jonathan L. Walton 335b4267-7374-4ecb-9a40-639ab05515dc https://religiondispatches.org/2009/05/08/public-preaching A flock, maybe, but certainly not sheep; nuances of the pulpit-pew relationship. Fri, 08 May 2009 11:50:31 EDT Martin E. Marty 9dd06e00-4455-4891-803a-d3255aca3bf2