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…
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…
Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty
By Jean Casella / Solitary Watch It’s Christmastime once again in Incarceration Nation. Amid the celebrations, fears, and hopes the season brings this year, it is worth stopping for a…
Jesus of Palestine. Jesus of the Gaza Strip
We know how the Christmas story ends. This child becomes a leader, a prophet, the epitome of marginalized humanity: despised, hunted, convicted, and sentenced to death.
The Pope Offers (Mixed) Blessing to Gay Marriage
The Vatican’s progressive change comes in the form of a document expressing support for people seeking “God’s love and mercy."
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…
Chris Hedges: The Crucifixion of Julian Assange
This is a sermon I gave on Sunday Aug. 20 in Oslo, Norway at Kulturkirken Jakob (St. James Church of Culture). Actor and film director Liv Ullmann read the scripture…
Clinging Bitterly to Guns and Religion
The End Stage of American Empire.
Texas Republicans Pass Bill to Require Ten Commandments in Every Classroom
The bill is blatantly unconstitutional, violating First Amendment restrictions on governmental endorsement of religion.
Chris Hedges: The Hypocrisy of the Christian Church
This is a talk Chris Hedges gave on April 6 at a protest at Princeton Theological Seminary demanding the removal of hedge fund billionaire Michael Fisch as chair of the…
We Need to Talk About the Original Sin of Economics
How a bleak Christian theology influenced the development of the dismal science.
Patrick Lawrence: The Souls of Ukrainian Folk
As Kyiv prepares to persecute the souls of its own people, it seems we are about to witness just how inhumane this project has been from the outset.
The Chris Hedges Report: “The Catholic Church Expelled Me for Supporting Women Joining the Priesthood”
Father Roy Bourgeois discusses his life of religion and activism.
The Perils of Pious Neoliberalism in the Austerity State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The International Labour Organisation’s Global Wage Report 2022–23 tracks the horrendous collapse of real wages for billions of people around the…