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The Christian symbolism in Daybreakers.

We are in the midst of one of the most significant right-wing populist rebellions in US history as illustrated by the Tea Party and Patriot movements. Will religious and progressive activists provide a voice and outlet for populist fear and anger or will these dispossessed voices find a home among the potentially violent elements of the far right?

USCCB claims a bill that doesn’t sufficiently restrict abortion is not “genuine health care reform.”

A meditation on the Citizens United case.

Backdoor attacks on science education hit the legislature.

The Supreme Court struck down a century of regulations limiting corporate money in politics, clearing the way for a new Gilded Age. In the original Gilded Age (which inspired the Social Gospel movement), opposition was galvanized by a strong anti-corporate Christianity. Where’s the religious opposition now?

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Cornel West celebrated the man and warned against the “Santa Clausification” of his life.

We can’t talk about radical Islamism without addressing fundamentalist Christianity in the armed forces.