https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to supersessionism en https://religiondispatches.org/2026/03/11/do-we-have-christianity-thank-our-impulse-help-strangers-need Suffering is common to all; life is a wheel; prosperity is unstable. When you have wealth, stretch out your hand to the poor. Of that which God has given you, give of it to the needy. Let all of life… Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:17:53 EDT Joel Swanson ce6205f7-aaa0-432f-8340-762219658612 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/02/16/latest-book-evangelical-extremism-reflects-pervasive-tendency-beat-judaism-save-jesus Perhaps you’re in the crowd that’s baffled by the behavior of American evangelicals. How could these people who, according to this crowd, stood up for traditional moral values ( whatever those are ) and volunteered to build houses for poor… Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:04:43 EST Greg Carey 723c049a-d8a1-4ed6-ad06-0d65f14c9a07 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/10/19/pope-francis-concern-jews-genuine-until-doctrine-abolished-hell-have-trouble-convincing The hot water into which Pope Francis has put himself regarding his Jewish friends continues to boil. In a recent public audience at the Vatican, Francis stated that the Torah “does not give life” (that is, a share in God’s… Tue, 19 Oct 2021 01:24:23 EDT Paul Knitter 743ce35c-2e75-414c-827f-064c075d0065 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/09/17/why-nobody-should-be-surprised-pope-francis-made-problematic-comments-about-judaism-and The tenure of Pope Francis has been marked by his support for a host of causes more closely associated with the political left, including climate change , greater regulation of capitalism , and the fate of refugees attempting to reach… Fri, 17 Sep 2021 01:07:40 EDT Ilan Benattar 7a368192-3c64-4b1e-89ee-3716fe027877 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/08/02/weve-finally-begun-confront-white-christian-nationalism-what-about-its-source-text As the Select Committee on the January 6 th Insurrection is now investigating the terrorist attack on the United States Capitol, one theme that deserves closer inspection is white Christian nationalism . There’s no denying the Christian conviction of the… Mon, 02 Aug 2021 02:00:18 EDT Dianne M. Stewart 098490f7-fa6b-4fcb-aabf-99d9329c14e1 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/05/05/decolonizing-jewish-studies-part-ii-response-backlash Recently, we identified Jewish Studies scholarship that is sexist, racist, and cisheteronormative, arguing that neoliberal ideologies and metrics reinforce and promote such research. We invited collective reimagining of a more just and creative field. Thus, we’re bemused by a letter… Wed, 05 May 2021 04:32:47 EDT Gilah Kletenik, Rafael Rachel Neis 990d8c41-7307-4750-9bdd-1a052a4bb162 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/07/15/we-scold-desean-jackson-and-others-anti-semitism-we-need-talk-about-chosenness Over the past week, two prominent African-American celebrities have been condemned for promoting anti-Semitism because of their belief that Black people are the “true” Hebrews, and that there exists a conspiracy of world domination by Jews of European descent. First… Wed, 15 Jul 2020 04:39:28 EDT A. E. Brooks-Key 60794b68-c9a2-40bd-af3f-9309ca8523cc https://religiondispatches.org/2019/09/23/taking-evangelical-support-israel-face-value-terrible-idea-response Writing under a pseudonym in the Forward, a Christian lawyer dismissed the apocalyptic component of Christian Zionism urging readers to take evangelicals’ love for Jews at face value. But Chrissy Stroop, who was raised in fundamentalism, calls this gaslighting. Mon, 23 Sep 2019 01:18:32 EDT Chrissy Stroop 11ee4e7f-a8f0-49bd-89a0-e72abead4e3f https://religiondispatches.org/2019/05/13/how-bill-oreilly-bestseller-helps-explain-anti-semitism-behind-poway-shooting O’Reilly and Dugard’s interpretation of the gospels in Killing Jesus was motivated by the same politics of resentment that Trump inherited from the Tea Party—a politics of fiscal, ethnic/racial, and religious conservatism. Mon, 13 May 2019 02:36:27 EDT Tony Keddie 65db51b7-b6e3-4187-a2f1-88be8e148c65 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/05/09/theology-inspired-poway-synagogue-shooting-and-new-zealand-remains-strikingly Concerned as we rightly are about the immediate human cost of Lori Gilbert Kaye’s awful murder and the trauma inflicted on the Poway and national Jewish communities, hardly anyone has delved into the theological causes behind Earnest’s actions, as confused as they may be. Thu, 09 May 2019 01:36:05 EDT Ivan Strenski 1e9f97d8-4b24-46dc-ad61-ee35b76688f3 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/04/24/case-against-rebuilding-notre-dame If we do rebuild it, will we keep the supersessionist imagery that was fundamental to medieval Christianity—and to anti-Semitism as well? At the very least, artists, architects, historians, theologians, and—yes—politicians ought to grapple with, rather than unthinkingly follow, the instincts of one deeply unpopular president. Wed, 24 Apr 2019 01:52:38 EDT Jay Rubenstein 49142862-32c0-469e-91eb-69ca0c63d9da https://religiondispatches.org/2018/12/20/2018-wave-goodbye-another-year-religion From sexual abuse to white nationalism, a fake rabbi, atheists behaving badly, and politicized pastries, 2018 had little going for it on the religion front. Thu, 20 Dec 2018 01:14:57 EST Daniel Schultz 0d88d5a8-9a3f-4ca9-9a9f-0d9581df5fef https://religiondispatches.org/2018/10/30/shockingly-tone-deaf-gop-has-evangelical-rabbi-pray-pittsburgh-victims-updated Inviting a messianic Jew to say a prayer for the victims of the worst act of anti-Semitic violence in American history is like sprinkling bacon bits on an eff-you sandwich. Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:37:54 EDT Daniel Schultz aae7df8f-06b2-4355-b62c-6b08038722ff https://religiondispatches.org/2018/10/29/christian-guilty-conscience-over-history-anti-semitism-isnt-enough At this moment being “correct” on the history and theology—and feeling guilty about Christianity’s role in supporting Jew hatred—will not suffice. Mon, 29 Oct 2018 05:02:28 EDT Peter Laarman 6bd291cd-144d-4f3e-8b21-280b58324ecd https://religiondispatches.org/2018/09/24/old-testament-bad-new-testament-good-dangerous-and-mistaken-assumption Oops, we just threw the Jewish tradition under the bus again. So sorry. We didn’t mean it. Really. Mon, 24 Sep 2018 04:01:54 EDT Peter Laarman 496f802e-9479-47ac-aac7-37abac362eb5 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/03/29/convergence-passover-and-easter-can-leaven-or-unleaven-interfaith-familys-holiday As almost everyone who still has a wall calendar (does anyone still have a wall calendar?) realizes, Passover begins this year on Good Friday, and ends the following Friday or Saturday depending on your tradition. While the combination of Christmas… Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:30:16 EDT Samira K. Mehta 30c809b7-bdb4-4e45-8c6a-51615954e969 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/12/03/unto-some-us-child-born-handels-messiah-and-voice-empire-rising ‘Tis the season for Christian supersessionism. Sun, 03 Dec 2017 07:00:58 EST Peter Laarman 09f8f8fe-2cb9-44cc-9545-164fefdf0d19 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/31/fact-checking-scripture-those-who-do-not-work-should-not-eat Occasionally, a bit of scripture will float into public discourse, often in the context of politicians and civilians sorting through the implications of some bit of policy. The citations are as a rule fairly shallow, as one side or the… Fri, 31 Mar 2017 01:40:59 EDT Daniel Schultz 4e057ce4-152e-454e-a35d-8b4cc81a0af6 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/09/02/nazi-jewish-prisoner-and-magic-bible-or-christian-romance-fiction-gone-very-very-wrong Is there a prize for most offensive conversion narrative? Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:29:31 EDT Julia Seymour a7b6c64e-d677-45e7-a41c-8fe5eddf5d06 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/09/10/thanks-tony-perkins-defending-those-violent-jewish-y-parts-bible I try to ignore emails from the Family Research Council. They arrive with cringe-worthy puns in the subject line (e.g. “Is the Penn Mightier Than the Sword”… get it? It’s about Penn State!) and generally function as fundraising pitches, regardless… Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:16:37 EDT Evan Derkacz d1f6450d-e10d-43e8-84d9-47e157f076ee https://religiondispatches.org/2014/04/16/christian-passover-yes-or-no-response-rabbi-moffic Passover is a rabbinical, not a biblical tradition. So yes, it is actually Jewish. Wed, 16 Apr 2014 07:16:07 EDT David Greenspoon b99315a4-1885-4f74-acd4-92c95ab36280 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/04/11/why-christians-should-not-host-their-own-passover-seders When people learn that, as a lifelong and practicing Christian, I am married to a Jewish man and that we practice both religions in our house, I often become the safe person to ask about Judaism. I like this advocate role for the opportunity it gives me to gently encourage folks to look at ways in which their privilege as a member of a majority population can sometimes cause them to cause offense. Fri, 11 Apr 2014 01:56:22 EDT Rebecca Cynamon-Murphy 7dec676f-0261-40a4-b011-281975d320af https://religiondispatches.org/2014/01/21/pigging-out-what-radically-unkosher-jewish-foodies-michael-pollan-are-missing While Jewish foodies frequently use “traditional cultures” to critique everything from the cruelty and impact of modern agribusiness, to the lack of pleasure and meaning we derive from our food, they flout their own tradition when it comes to eating pig meat to the detriment of their greater goals. Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:15:49 EST Jonathan Schorsch e5adb0c8-2a0b-4bc9-b7fa-c2413577684c https://religiondispatches.org/2013/02/04/new-report-angels-aliens-texas-schools What would Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark think of public school Bible courses that taught that Jewish festivals are actually typological predictions of Jesus, that the “African races” are descendants of Noah’s cursed son Ham, that biblical stories about angels may have referred to extraterrestrial visitors, or that Genesis’ six-day creation story is scientifically accurate if interpreted correctly? Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:05:16 EST Mark A. Chancey 1447890b-bac1-4b9d-b3dd-4c4987008d3d https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/10/muslim-voices-festival-story-telling-new-millennium The story-telling tradition may be a dying art form but a performance by Mahmood Farooqi, with star-power lent by Naseeruddin Shah, made a strong case for the future. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:29:56 EDT Hussein Rashid 642892b5-d6af-4c73-8ac3-ff27671e29a8