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How an Ancient Story of Renegade Rabbis Caught With Black Market Technology Can Help Us Navigate ChatGPT’s Apocalyptic Aura

https://religiondispatches.org/how-an-ancient-story-of-renegade-rabbis-caught-w…

Created

Sat, 18/03/2023 - 04:36

The promise—and the threat—of artificial intelligence is that the world as we know it is...

AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism

https://religiondispatches.org/ar-15-lapel-pins-are-more-than-political-provoca…

Created

Wed, 15/03/2023 - 09:25

Violence has always been at the center of White Christian nationalism: the vow to impose...

The Death of a Black Man at the Hands of Black Officers Unveiled Something More Complex Than Whiteness

https://religiondispatches.org/the-death-of-a-black-man-at-the-hands-of-black-o…

Created

Sat, 11/03/2023 - 05:18

Americans of conscience are exhausted by law-and-order grief—a chronic remorse and lamentation emanating from police...

Should We Expect to See a Rise in Christian Nationalist Violence in the US?

https://religiondispatches.org/should-we-expect-to-see-a-rise-in-christian-nati…

Created

Thu, 09/03/2023 - 07:50

Troubling new details regarding the violent propensity of Christian nationalism have been revealed by a...

Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise

https://religiondispatches.org/dont-sleep-on-trumps-cpac-speech-calling-for-the…

Created

Thu, 09/03/2023 - 08:45

Donald Trump has, in the past, dallied with apocalypticism in his rhetoric and policy, but...

Did You Read About Conservative Judaism’s Anti-Black Antisemitic Smearing of Hebrew Israelites? Neither Did I

https://religiondispatches.org/did-you-read-about-conservative-judaisms-anti-bl…

Created

Wed, 08/03/2023 - 05:12

Did you catch the press release from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denouncing the slander against...

Correction: The SBC Does NOT Oppose Women’s Ordination… Just Women Pastors

https://religiondispatches.org/correction-the-sbc-does-not-oppose-womens-ordina…

Created

Sat, 04/03/2023 - 06:46

Imagine my embarrassment when I heard from the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s media relations...

‘He Gets Us’ and Sleazy ‘Swift Boat’ Ads Share a Central Figure — Further Evidence of a Right-Wing Bait-and-Switch

https://religiondispatches.org/he-gets-us-and-sleazy-swift-boat-ads-share-a-cen…

Created

Thu, 02/03/2023 - 08:41

One of the funnier developments in the ongoing drama around the “He Gets Us” campaign...

Women as Head Pastors Was Final Straw for Southern Baptist Convention — Not Scandal, Sexual Abuse, or Dalliance with Dictators

https://religiondispatches.org/saddlebacks-ordination-of-women-was-final-straw-…

Created

Tue, 28/02/2023 - 06:57

Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of...

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Red/Blue ‘National Divorce’ Looks an Awful Lot Like a Confederate Flag

https://religiondispatches.org/marjorie-taylor-greenes-red-blue-national-divorc…

Created

Sat, 25/02/2023 - 08:36

There is nothing quite like the fresh hell of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account, wondering...

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