https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to wallbuilders en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/07/06/moms-liberty-summit-mama-bears-declare-spiritual-war-radical-left “Mamas are the key political force in 2024 and we need to harness that energy!” Ron DeSantis called down from the stage in the Franklin Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia, where 650 “joyful warriors” had gathered for the… Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:17:05 EDT Annika Brockschmidt 05c2af7f-1129-4f98-bdc8-5b2821f0da3e https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/its-barack-v-bible-says-barton David Barton’s post, “ America’s Most Biblically-Hostile President,” details a theme that has become known to the public largely through the Gingrich/Santorum bloc: that Barack Obama has led the most actively anti-Christian administration in American history. But given Obama’s frequent Christian testimony—explicit enough to make most founding fathers uncomfortable with its public expression of private matters—how can this view be so widely held? Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:14:04 EDT Paul Harvey ef1a4fdf-f393-4237-be67-35d8b27ff37f https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/18/republicanity-gop-transformation-nearly-complete Let’s just face the facts and not kid ourselves anymore. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee… er, tea. The Republican Party is not a political party but is now a full-fledged religious movement. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:23:10 EDT Gary Laderman 086e57db-b278-4d93-8034-571a11de3f35 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/11/cant-truss-white-conservatives-pledge There’ll be no baby-making Barry White music played while reading the “The Marriage Vow: a Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family.” Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:08:53 EDT Anthea Butler 36b41c5b-10fb-43cc-bfb5-39f7bd9d6064 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/07/limits-david-bartons-freedom-religion-argument Religious right historian makes explicit that he believes only Christianity is protected by the Constitution. Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:17:54 EDT Julie Ingersoll 86dcbb5d-6750-4f37-b2ba-9d9abd0ce2d7 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/05/11/selling-idea-christian-nation-david-bartons-alternate-intellectual-universe The issue is not Christian conservatives advocating their views in the public square. The problem, rather, is their claim (at least in places such as The Daily Show or the New York Times) that their Providentialist beliefs and readings of documents from the past represent a kind of legitimate scholarship that should have its place in the public “debate.” Wed, 11 May 2011 08:41:38 EDT Paul Harvey 25891b69-a194-40e0-bf4d-cce4922194d7 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/04/20/religious-right-historian-net-neutrality-unbiblical-socialism A window into a world where ‘freedom’ is purely economic. Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:46:55 EDT Julie Ingersoll d1471f1b-35b0-466a-89b8-6639c81c8428 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/03/15/jesus-hates-taxes-biblical-capitalism-created-fertile-anti-union-soil While the current assault on unions seems driven mostly by the billionaire Koch brothers and corporate-funded groups, religious right leaders and activists have spent decades creating fertile soil for anti-union campaigns through the promotion of biblical capitalism. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:52:03 EDT Peter Montgomery 962ca88a-575c-46f8-9591-2990399ee576 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/02/becks-historian-bringing-seminar-congressional-tea-partiers Straining the constitution through a biblical grinder. Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:33:12 EST Julie Ingersoll 264f1896-d683-42c6-a0b2-55ba4ac1036d https://religiondispatches.org/2010/08/25/becks-dream-our-nightmare Only in the world of Glenn Beck can he both carry on the legacy of Martin Luther King and be the star student of a “biblical worldview” that minimizes slavery and claims that modern-day conservatives are the champions of racial justice. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:47:28 EDT Julie Ingersoll 9d750405-cd60-4dda-8dc9-9e65ae88ec80 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/08/03/glenn-becks-history-professor-david-barton-racism-and-three-fifths-rule Barton is the source of Tea Party revisionist history. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:51:13 EDT Julie Ingersoll 24270efe-c589-46d1-b558-8241cc23d9ea https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/27/professor-david-barton-immigration-god-drew-our-borders From Bible publication to school prayer to immigration, Barton “goofed it all up.” Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:50:06 EDT Julie Ingersoll e721f71c-6449-4c03-9119-65bacbaea23e https://religiondispatches.org/2010/04/12/endurance-christian-reconstructionism Does the resurgence of the John Birch Society signal a Reconstructionist resurgence, too? Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:20:03 EDT Sarah Posner bf5a34df-0c83-4926-a5c9-9034aedd716e https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/10/way-fractured-religious-right-endorses-mccain Evangelicals meet in Denver to pump fists for McCain; the old leadership wasn’t all that was missing… Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:23:58 EDT Randall Balmer bcac6ca5-3404-4ce4-8de4-87a3f7b42f0e