https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to romans 13 en https://religiondispatches.org/2020/06/08/space-x-and-photo-op-trumps-use-bible-was-just-latest-series-christian-nationalist Trump’s supporters are busy combing the scriptures for that perfect verse that justifies the president violently blasting his way through a crowd of peaceful protestors to hold up a Bible for a photo-op in front of St. John’s church in… Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:40:05 EDT Tony Keddie 43141b44-e401-4f78-80ee-526d685c22f9 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/06/02/white-evangelical-leaders-still-too-preoccupied-order-listen-black-truth Yesterday, President Donald Trump stood in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, holding a Bible aloft as a nod to his white Christian nationalist base as he condemned those who damaged the church during the protests the… Tue, 02 Jun 2020 04:46:56 EDT Chrissy Stroop 2af8897e-889e-4d7e-9ccc-0aa7ca351a12 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/03/02/speech-religious-broadcasters-william-barr-warns-secular-tyranny-promotes-christian I’ve said it before, and if you’re reading this, you’ve very likely heard the same thing darkly muttered among liberals and progressives if you haven’t said it yourself: I never thought anything could possibly make me miss Attorney General Jefferson… Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:00:37 EST Chrissy Stroop 3082ca1e-dd62-47c5-9cff-24661f3de5c2 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/08/01/god-winning-strategy-democrats Pete Buttigieg and other Democrats have begun to talk up their Christian beliefs in hope of appealing to more voters, but there are a few problems with that approach. Thu, 01 Aug 2019 02:53:10 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 50965400-6a2c-4868-b4cd-54e8cba1c1f6 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/10/11/trumps-pathological-devotion-border-walls-isnt-political-its-theological His hollow performances of Christian piety are so illegible because Trump’s object of worship isn’t the God of Abraham, or even the United States. To Trump, land borders themselves are holy, worth honoring with menacing shrines and protecting with the blood of innocents. Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:16:20 EDT Alana Massey 5fb5a9bc-cf4c-4273-81b2-9abe41429acd https://religiondispatches.org/2018/07/16/southern-baptists-dumped-predator-or-two-lets-hold-f-word The #metoo and #churchtoo movements have put SBC leaders on the defensive, as earlier revelations of widespread child sexual abuse by priests did to the all-male Roman Catholic hierarchy. Yet both groups continue to deny that there could be any connection between all-male power and the sexual abuse of women and children. Mon, 16 Jul 2018 01:54:49 EDT Anne Linstatter 09faa1c8-2305-456c-8b39-8b873a782c15 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/07/09/dark-side-our-obsession-trapped-thai-children Surely most of us, no matter our political bent, feel sad for the entrapped children in both circumstances. But our collective conscience leads us to two different interventions on their behalf. Mon, 09 Jul 2018 05:14:23 EDT Edward E. Curtis IV a6eea741-4dc2-4212-927b-3e59f8c176e7 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/07/06/youre-using-it-wrong-rachel-held-evans-returns-bible One critic was like, “Rachel Held Evans bases her Biblical interpretation on all the feels”… So I took a picture of my endnotes, which are lengthy, and sent them to him with the note, “All the feels, page 1,” “All the feels, page 2”… Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:16:10 EDT Eric C. Miller 0d2ea783-9e5a-4984-9c21-c0c5dad96e4c https://religiondispatches.org/2018/07/02/pence-defends-us-immigration-policy-guatemala-using-scripture After all the uproar over Jeff Sessions’ use of Romans 13 to defend the extravagant cruelty of separating migrant families at the U.S. border, you might be tempted to bet against administration members citing scripture. Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:35:49 EDT Daniel Schultz d94aa403-3dbc-4c64-a642-390033428fcc https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/20/christian-worldview-revealed-sessions-use-romans-13 This view of government did not spring into existence with this administration or with the Truth Project—Focus users have been learning it for decades. Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:21:44 EDT Susan B. Ridgely 87581c28-b180-4e61-885e-e1eea2bae767 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/19/why-methodist-effort-discipline-sessions-risky-business Self-definition and even strident public opposition are one thing. Parsing who’s a “real” Christian and who’s not is something else. Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:21:14 EDT Daniel Schultz 08ad1f20-8ff0-454f-89c0-77e2dadd4291 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/18/if-we-did-use-bible-run-country When Sessions invokes Romans 13 he’s reading the Bible through his white, patriarchal, confederate Christianity that marshaled the same argument using the same passage to defend slavery on the grounds that it was both biblical and lawful. Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:19:03 EDT Wil Gafney 24fca8f0-4984-4be3-8ac5-ece4355cbe6e https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/18/does-romans-13-controversy-call-adequacy-bible-itself-question Better historical context just compounds the question of the adequacy of this Book, given its wildly divergent ethical uses. Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:39:19 EDT Christopher Douglas afa192da-62e6-4e43-b0e2-f2209fa160bf https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/15/three-questions-jeff-sessions It’s never been truer that even the Devil can quote Scripture for his own purposes. Fri, 15 Jun 2018 06:39:46 EDT Peter Laarman 7757e890-038e-4879-8a2c-7ff65a94877b https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/15/it-biblical-enforce-law-trump-admin-claims-defense-separating-families In short, Jeff Sessions is a gutless coward, without the courage of his professed religious beliefs; without even a rudimentary moral compass beyond White America Good. Brown America Bad. Fri, 15 Jun 2018 01:40:19 EDT Daniel Schultz bb5576e1-9270-4cb5-ab7f-dbb5f02d4d31 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/06/15/sessions-casts-cruel-immigration-policy-part-gods-plan To the administration’s creeping authoritarianism let’s add theocracy. Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:48:12 EDT Bradley Onishi c09effee-eca4-49ea-ac7f-b495406fc27c https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/06/can-government-solve-evil-mass-shootings-response-mollie-hemingway Yesterday’s shootings at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas were horrific and especially cruel given the tight-knit nature of a small community. It was more than a little surreal to see Christianity Today report that, what is now… Mon, 06 Nov 2017 01:29:10 EST Daniel Schultz 9050ea24-d8e6-4043-a668-25c41dbcc0c2 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/2015/02/25/why-republicans-dont-think-obama-christian Alex Theodoridis, a political scientist at the University of California, Merced, conducted a survey last fall of Americans’ understanding of President Obama’s religious beliefs. Remarkably, he found that in response to the question, “Which of these do you think most… Wed, 25 Feb 2015 06:05:14 EST Sarah Posner 6a9524d2-8128-4f55-b757-a0e94131856c https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/04/wake-eric-garner-case-southern-baptist-leader-rips-racism-church After the failure yesterday of a grand jury to indict the New York police officer who was videotaped choking Eric Garner to death, Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, launched into a denunciation… Thu, 04 Dec 2014 08:46:52 EST Sarah Posner caaeee44-ec2b-4b74-aa28-8362ba9f2c49 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/electing-ministers-god Politicians as clergy? Save us. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:00:21 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 563c8aa2-84af-430c-92cb-0369aae40ad1 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/12/gods-law-only-law-genesis-michele-bachmann At the May “First Friday” lecture hosted by the Institute on the Constitution at the Heritage Community Church in Severn, Maryland, IOTC founder Michael Peroutka presented the evening’s guest speaker, attorney Herb Titus, with a “Patrick Henry Award” for “his tireless and fearless telling of God’s truth to power.” Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:57:35 EDT Sarah Posner 78a68eef-3755-4a01-891d-6b8a5ecc23b1 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/24/real-reasons-why-evangelical-embrace-environmentalism-lags And why the GOP presidential hopefuls are running scared from cap and trade. Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:42:19 EDT Sarah Posner a1fe62e7-5b6c-4526-86a9-7a6c020b0597 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/06/paul-ryans-bible-jim-wallis-or-none-above The limits of debating policy through the Bible. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:04:31 EDT Sarah Posner 20024fb4-2a63-4155-99b4-a612a681ac62 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/03/ralph-reed-helm-religious-right-again Faith and Freedom Coalition meets this weekend in D.C., and yes, it’s about religion. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:47:35 EDT Sarah Posner 6b62658f-8e7c-4a22-b092-f9c1239331c8