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Tracing the Spiritual Tradition of Italy’s New Far Right

February 7, 2023John Last

The legacy of some of pre-war Europe’s most radical thinkers survives in the rhetoric of its new right-wing heroes

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Suing the FBI and Uncovering a History of White Christian Nationalism

February 7, 2023Lerone A. Martin

An excerpt from The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White...

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Pentecostals’ Political Warfare

June 14, 2022Miguel Petrosky

A subset of Pentecostals is preparing for a spiritual battle over American elections that could turn into actual violence

Perspective

A Sanctuary for Abortion: How Sanctuary Reveals the Fears of Our Time

April 7, 2022Michael Woolf

California’s plan to make the state a refuge for abortion access builds on a long history of sanctuary movements...

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Putin’s Christian Russia as a Model for America

April 7, 2022Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

An excerpt from Between Heaven and Russia: Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia

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Christian Fascism Online and Off: The Proud Boys, The Big Lie, and The Great Replacement

February 3, 2022Jessica Johnson

Devotion to Trump was not the primary motivation for the white terrorism of January 6th, but rather the excuse

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The CIA’s Religious Approach to Espionage

November 4, 2021Michael Graziano

An excerpt from the book Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA

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Catholic Politics Beyond the Catholic Vote

December 8, 2020Renée Darline Roden

The Catholic Worker as a model of Catholic social justice activism

Podcast

The Revealer Podcast Episode 7: Christian Nationalism and the 2020 Election

October 6, 2020Editorial Staff

The influence of Christian nationalists within U.S. politics, their vision for America, and what people can do who oppose...

Conversation

Secular Sex and Social Justice

October 6, 2020Kali Handelman, Janet Jakobsen

Kali Handelman interviews Janet Jakobsen about her book The Sex Obsession and what it can teach us about today's...

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The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

October 6, 2020Katherine Stewart

A book excerpt about the ways Christian nationalists use the courts and religious liberty laws to reshape the country

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QAnon, the KKK, and the Exploitation of Antisemitism for Political Power

October 6, 2020Sara Kamali

QAnon's influence within the Republican Party and their renewed antisemitism

Feature

Race, Religion, and the Indian-American Vote

October 6, 2020Deonnie Moodie

Indian-Americans are a crucial demographic in this election, and their voting patterns could be changing

Editor's Letter

The Revealer endorses Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

October 6, 2020Brett Krutzsch

For the first time in the Revealer’s 17-year history, we endorse a candidate for President

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The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond

May 6, 2020L. Benjamin Rolsky

A book excerpt with an introduction by the author.

Feature

Salem 66: Dispatch #1 - September 7-13, 2015

September 8, 2015

Don Jolly covers the religion of the 2016 election season.

Daily Links: We Scratched Your Back Edition

October 2, 2012

Schradle's list of must reads for the week.

Daily Links: 'Bout Time Edition

September 20, 2012

Ross gets it right? The Revealer has made no secret of its feelings on much of Times columnist Ross...

Taboo Dinner Party Talk

May 8, 2012

Amy Levin: “Aren’t these topics the very ones your mother warned you never to raise at a dinner party?”...

Daily Links: Grand Jury Duty Blues

May 4, 2012

I'm three weeks down, one to go. Serving justice in Brooklyn has kept me quiet, but here's what I'm...

Our Sense of Knowing Better

January 14, 2011

From Genevieve Yue's "That Old Time Religion" at Reverse Shot: In 1799, Étienne-Gaspard Robertson premiered the phantasmagoria, a moving...

Clothed by Jesus

January 14, 2011

When you want your clothes to...

Theology's Gay

January 14, 2011

Should we argue theology with anti-gay rights folks?

The Changing Court

April 9, 2010

Ann Neumann: John Paul Stevens retires. Read James Toobin’s profile of the Supreme Court justice from last month at...

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Tracing the Spiritual Tradition of Italy’s New Far Right

Suing the FBI and Uncovering a History of White Christian Nationalism

Pentecostals’ Political Warfare

A Sanctuary for Abortion: How Sanctuary Reveals the Fears of Our Time

Putin’s Christian Russia as a Model for America

Christian Fascism Online and Off: The Proud Boys, The Big Lie, and The Great Replacement

The CIA’s Religious Approach to Espionage

Catholic Politics Beyond the Catholic Vote

The Revealer Podcast Episode 7: Christian Nationalism and the 2020 Election

Secular Sex and Social Justice

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

QAnon, the KKK, and the Exploitation of Antisemitism for Political Power

Race, Religion, and the Indian-American Vote

The Revealer endorses Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond

Salem 66: Dispatch #1 - September 7-13, 2015

Daily Links: We Scratched Your Back Edition

Daily Links: 'Bout Time Edition

Taboo Dinner Party Talk

Daily Links: Grand Jury Duty Blues

Our Sense of Knowing Better

Clothed by Jesus

Theology's Gay

The Changing Court

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