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Should Taxation Be Increased on the Wealthy to Reduce Economic Inequality?

A letter signed by 250 billionaires urges world leaders to tax the ultra-wealthy to reduce economic inequality. What are states in the US doing on this issue?... Read More

The Rapture and Its Implications for Support of Israel by Evangelicals

The rapture is a 19th Century invention that misinterprets biblical prophecy and proposes a timeline of end times with dangerous implications for Middle East politics.... Read More

Jesus or Trump: Is Evangelicalism in Crisis or Just Being Itself?

Russell Moore declared that Christianity is in crisis. His concerns about current evangelicals are shared by others, but could be a mere feature of evangelicalism.... Read More

Attitudes of Evangelicals and Other Christians on the Immigration Issue

A 2022 survey indicates that evangelicals are more welcoming of immigrants than they were in 2015, but white evangelicals remain the least welcoming among Christians.... Read More

The Southern Baptist Convention Votes to Ban Women from Church Pastor Positions

After a major sexual abuse scandal was uncovered, the Southern Baptist Convention has now expelled churches with female pastors and banned women from the position of pastor. ... Read More

Christian Nationalists and their Impact on Political Debates

The impact of Christian nationalism is examined through a discussion of the influence of Ron DeSantis and Tucker Carlson, and the situation in Wyoming. ... Read More

The Catholic Church Officially Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery

The Doctrine of Discovery, which provided justification for European conquest of foreign lands, has been repudiated by the Vatican. Resolution of legal issues is up to the nations. ... Read More

Insights from a Recent Survey on the Likeability of Various Religious Groups

A survey by Pew Research Center reveals Americans' sentiments toward various religious groups. Evangelicals like themselves but are not liked as much by others.... Read More

Christian Nationalism at Work in the Florida Government

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, has a clear Christian nationalist agenda outlined in his speech at the CPAC conference in February 2022. The speech is examined in this post.... Read More

Christian Nationalism, White Evangelicalism and the January 6 Insurrection

White supremacy was, from the beginning, built into white American conservative Christianity and white evangelicalism in particular. That fact is translated today into Christian nationalism, whose involvement in the... Read More
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