Trump’s Will Be Done
Joshua Scheer Intro At a moment when political power is increasingly wrapped in spectacle, symbolism, and something closer to religious devotion than democratic accountability, this piece from ScheerPost cuts straight…
Trump’s Will Be Done
By Kenneth A. Carlson / Original to ScheerPost Growing up in the heartland of America, as a preacher’s kid nicknamed PK,” I was taught to apply one guiding question to…
Christian Nationalism Marches on With ‘Bible-Infused’ Texas Curriculum
"What we're seeing here in Texas with these lessons is a larger national push to promote the idea that American identity and Christian identity are woven together, are one in…
Michael Brenner: CHAPTER & VERSE
By Michael Brenner On a whim over the July 4 holiday, I wrote to a cross-section of our leaders and celebrities requesting that they tell us what passage of the…
Non-profit Trying to Rebrand Jesus for Gen Z Is Main Funder for Us Hate Group
By Sydney Bauer and Diana Carboni / openDemocracy US non-profit attempting to rebrand Jesus for Gen Z is also the main funder of a designated hate group opposing abortion and…
Another North American Church Names Israeli Apartheid
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has declared that “many of the laws, policies and practices of the State of Israel meet the definition of apartheid as defined in international…
We Need to Talk About the Original Sin of Economics
How a bleak Christian theology influenced the development of the dismal science.
Fact-Checking Jesus
The Rev. Madison Shockley discusses the historical, political and controversial misconceptions of the Christmas story.
Chris Hedges: The Good Priest
Father Michael Doyle, who died on November 8 at his parish house in Camden, New Jersey, infused his Christianity with his goodness. That goodness showed us what it means to…
What American and Iranian Theocrats Have in Common
From veiling to abortion, Iran’s theocrats seek to control women’s bodies, just as U.S. Republican theocrats do.
Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism
I grew up in a church community that pitted people against each other and called it “Christianity.” As a pastor now myself, I know there’s another way.
The Call
This excerpt is from Chris Hedges' newest book, "Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison."
Kelly Denton-Borhaug: Christianity Is the Linchpin in America’s War Machine
Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, a professor of religious studies, examines how Christian rhetoric is used to justify endless wars and the “moral injury” they inflict.
The Forged Gospel of Jesus’s Wife
Ariel Sabar masterfully dissects the dishonesty and narcissism inherent in nearly all Christian theological work in his book “Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s…
Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair
It is despair that is killing us, eating into the social fabric, rupturing social bonds, and manifesting in self-destructive pathologies.