Politics/Law

Coups of a Feather: The Striking Similarities Between Brazil’s Insurrection and Jan 6 May Be Due to ‘Authoritarian Learning’

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Created

Thu, 12/01/2023 - 06:54

The images were eerily similar: Insurrectionists were storming the halls of Congress, beating police officers...

Celebrating Religious Freedom Day By Taking Back the Revolutionary Meaning of ‘Religious Freedom’

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Created

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 04:09

Religious freedom has been at the center of American history since the founding. (And by...

No Longer Content With Right to Opt Out, Conservative Christians Asking Courts to Eliminate Rights for Others — And They’re Winning

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Created

Tue, 10/01/2023 - 04:00

Last week, the Texas Tribune reported that 156 federally-funded family planning programs in Texas must...

New Report Shows Dems are Far More Religiously Diverse Than GOP — Though One (A)religious Group Remains Woefully Underrepresented

https://religiondispatches.org/new-report-shows-dems-are-far-more-religiously-d…

Created

Sat, 07/01/2023 - 06:15

Although the House of Representatives has yet to conduct any business due to a far...

Evidence Strongly Suggests Trump Was Collaborating with Christian Nationalist Leaders Before January 6th

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Created

Sat, 07/01/2023 - 01:47

On December 22, the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol Riot released its...

Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream

https://religiondispatches.org/putins-violent-holy-war-rhetoric-made-it-to-the-…

Created

Wed, 02/11/2022 - 08:30

It starts with a tweet: It's time for Christians in every country to come to...

Pelosi Attacker’s New Age Spirituality and Belief in QAnon is no Contradiction

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Created

Thu, 03/11/2022 - 07:13

Around 3 a.m. on October 28, David DePape attacked Paul Pelosi, Speaker of the House...

The Quiet Part is Very Much Out Loud: Conservative Publication Calls For Embrace of Totalitarianism

https://religiondispatches.org/the-quiet-part-is-very-much-out-loud-conservativ…

Created

Tue, 08/11/2022 - 08:28

White Christian nationalism has been shown by researchers to be strongly connected to authoritarianism and...

The Chilling Response to the Pelosi Attack isn’t Simply a Matter of Partisanship, it’s a Sign of the Right’s Embrace of Fascism

https://religiondispatches.org/the-chilling-response-to-the-pelosi-attack-isnt-…

Created

Fri, 11/11/2022 - 05:06

A couple of weeks before the midterm elections, a man broke into the San Francisco...

From Shofars to Hammers: The Spiritual Warriors of MAGA are ‘ReAwakening’ to Political Violence

https://religiondispatches.org/from-shofars-to-hammers-the-spiritual-warriors-o…

Created

Tue, 15/11/2022 - 08:07

For two days in late October, I attended Clay Clarke’s MAGA-driven ReAwaken America Tour near...

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