Jul 4Member-onlyMadison Cawthorn and the Patrick Henry College ConnectionThe youngest Republican Congressman in history, Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) has made the news lately for all the wrong reasons: first, several women have come forward, credibly accusing him of sexual harassment while he was a student at Patrick Henry College in Virgina. …Madison Cawthorn12 min read
Jul 2Member-onlyTaking Dominion: Should Christians Be In Charge?“Christian political action is necessary, towards making the state again a Christian state, and its actions conform with the law of God.” — RJ Rushdoony, God’s Plan for Victory “Dominion theology” is a much-misunderstood term that has often been applied inaccurately to various aspects of the Christian Right, Christian Reconstructionists…Trump9 min read
Feb 28, 2021Member-onlyTed Cruz Displays his Dominionist Roots at CPAC 2021Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke on February 26th, 2021 at the Orlando CPAC meeting. The topic of his roughly 16-minute talk was “The Bill of Rights, Liberty, and the Cancel Culture.” Included in his bizarre, rambling, and otherwise incoherent speech were, among other things: a tone-deaf joke about his recent…Republican Party15 min read
Dec 30, 2020Member-onlyTrump’s Election Conspiracy Theories: A Coup or a Con?What is the strategy — if indeed there is one — behind Trump’s increasingly looney-tunes conspiracy theories as he continues to push his baseless claims about election fraud? Note that in addition to Trump himself — who literally has not stopped talking about this since Election Day — three distinct…Trump8 min read
Dec 29, 2020Member-onlyExplaining the Cult of Trumpism: An Interview with Jared Yates Sexton of the Muckrake PodcastOn this issue of the cult of Trumpism, Christian nationalism and American exceptionalism: how did we arrive at this point? Americans, and indeed people from all over the world, want to know what in the hell is going on, in these final days of Trump, the mad king who seems…Trump10 min read
Oct 25, 2020Member-onlyAmy Coney Barrett and the Evangelical Anti-Abortion Movement: An Interview with Frank SchaefferIn a recent episode of MindShift Podcast, I spoke recently with Frank Schaeffer, the son of the late Francis and Edith Schaeffer. They founded the L’Abri center in Switzerland and were hugely influential on the origins of the Christian Right, American evangelicalism, the evangelical and Republican anti-abortion movement, and Christian…Amy Coney Barrett11 min read
Sep 27, 2020Member-onlyQAnon and Evangelicals: What’s the Appeal?QAnon — the rapidly-spreading online conspiracy theory — is now making increasing inroads into American evangelicalism. If you are unfamiliar with what QAnon actually is, then before you go any further, read my article about it here. As just one example of the encroachment of QAnon into evangelicalism, there is…Trump12 min read
Sep 20, 2020Member-onlyExploring the Cult of QAnonWhat exactly is QAnon? Is it a cult? And if it is a cult, does it represent any sort of danger to Americans — or indeed, the world? We see it most clearly at Trump rallies or pro-Trump demonstrations: attendees waving a giant letter “Q” with an American flag background…Trump9 min read
Aug 8, 2020Member-only“The Good News Club” — An Interview with Katherine StewartJournalist Katherine Stewart, author of the recent book The Power Worshippers, has been reporting and writing on the Christian Right for over a dozen years. The whole journey began many years ago with her own experience, as a mother with children of her own attending a small public school in…Christianity8 min read
Jul 8, 2020Member-onlyConnecting Christian Nationalism and Dominion TheologyWhat exactly is “Christian nationalism”? How is it connected to “dominion theology”? Many different authors researching the subject have defined Christian nationalism in multiple ways. The basic core of this belief can be seen in the following Christian nationalist narrative: America’s founding fathers were staunch believers — basically like evangelical…Trump15 min read