This week’s recommended reading
Inside Turning Point USA’s Pastors Summit A Public Witness | March 24, 2025
A guest report from Matthew Boedy, a professor at the University of North Georgia. He was one of the original names on Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist in 2016. He is the author of a forthcoming book on Turning Point, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy.
What Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Says About White Christian Nationalism and The Politics of Repression Religion Dispatches | March 24, 2025
Khalil’s arrest was not an anomaly, it was an inflection point; a moment encapsulating America’s current expressions of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hostility. But this moment is not without precedent. Contemporary allegations of “antisemitism” chill free speech and political dissent just as McCarthy-era accusations of communism did, fusing state repression with the imperatives of white Christian nationalism.
Former U.S. Senator Al Simpson to lie in state in the Wyoming Capitol Rotunda Wyoming Tribune Eagle | March 25, 2025
Abortion fight won, conservative Christians mimic Dobbs tactics to go after same-sex marriage Religion News Service | March 26, 2025
Locals, including one United Church of Christ pastor, have testified against the resolutions, objecting that they don’t represent all religious Americans or even all Christians. In South Dakota, Sioux Falls resident Christine Morgan told a committee hearing: “My church and many other churches are open, supportive and welcoming of LGBTQ+ couples. This feels like a very pointed attack from one specific subset of a large belief system.”
Jimmy Carter’s Church Removes Flags From Sanctuary Word & Way | March 28, 2025
“There are many appropriate places for the American flag and I fully support it being flown around our country and will remain grateful for the sacrifices of the men and women who fought for our freedom,” Guthas wrote in an open letter on Wednesday (March 26). “I do not believe the institutional houses of worship are an appropriate place.”
Who Goes Nazi? by Dorothy Thompson Harper's | August 1941