by Rebekah Gordon | Sep 4, 2020 | Opinion
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both men of professed religious faith, which showed at this year’s national conventions. While the theme of religion was woven deeply into both party platforms, the similarities began and ended at the cliché of “God Bless America.” The...
by Mitch Randall and Mark Wingfield | Sep 3, 2020 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
When Mike Pence substituted the American flag for Jesus in his speech during last week’s Republican National Convention, he continued a long tradition of American fundamentalist Christianity, which seems to have a problem with Jesus. Pence did not misspeak. His...
by Christopher Adams | Aug 31, 2020 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Franklin Graham commenced night four of the 2020 Republican National Convention with a prayer. The continued exposition of Christian nationalist rhetoric in his prayerful prelude highlights the danger in placing a cross-shaped rubber stamp of approval from religious...
by Christopher Adams | Aug 28, 2020 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Another controversy embroiled night two of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 25 with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s brief appearance. Pompeo’s backdrop – the old city in Jerusalem – drew fire from critics. He, too, broke a longstanding tradition of...
by Christopher Adams | Aug 27, 2020 | Opinion
Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s opening prayer at the Republican National Convention offered a stark contrast to the night’s myriad of speeches and presentations. “Let us pray. And pray we must, as grateful citizens of a country we boldly claim to be one nation under God,”...
