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Calls to rally the virtuous “producing classes” against evil “parasites” at both the top and bottom of society is a tendency called producerism. It is a conspiracist narrative used by repressive right wing populism.

The emphasis on largely white contexts in national media coverage of Catholic clerical sexual abuse in the United States obscures the ways race and colonialism have structured the crisis in other communities.

There are reasons to be dubious about the allegations put forward by culture warrior Carlo Maria Viganò, a Benedict XVI ally.

Even if the Church implemented safeguards it wouldn’t be enough. That’s because the Catholic clergy’s sexual crimes against children are a consequence, not a cause, of the church’s criminality.

There is a way forward for Teilhardian research, but let us not make the mistake of turning Teilhard into a mystical anti-racist theologian.

Slattery provides a service by casting light on some of the most troubling passages in the Teilhardian corpus, but I strongly disagree with his method and conclusions.

Scapegoating, Conspiracism, Right-Wing Populism, and Propaganda & Deception

Trump’s nostalgia politics recalls a time that didn’t exist to create a safe space for supporters to inhabit a world they want to exist.

I doubt that Latter-day Saints are any more likely in 2018 to renounce a practice ingrained over lifetimes than they were in 1982.

When the police chief asked whether a requested garbage can would be used for blood, he was informed that it was for Satanists to pick up any litter after the rally.