Why Donald Trump’s Love Affair With Evangelicals (Probably) Won’t Last
According to the latest Quinnipiac University poll of Republican likely caucus-goers, Donald Trump is still earning...
View ArticleHow the Christian Right Can Save America from Donald Trump
A few days ago, I predicted that Donald Trump’s love affair with evangelicals will be...
View ArticleFiorina Wins Social Conservative Hearts Over Planned Parenthood… and Trump
During last night’s debate, there was more evidence that the religious right is turning against...
View ArticleRD on CNN: Why This Has Been a Great Week for American Muslims
RD senior correspondent Haroon Moghul on CNN talks Trump, Ben Carson, Ahmed Mohamed, and why...
View ArticleA Test for Trump—And the Religious Right
Last night the Family Research Council announced that Donald Trump would, after all, be speaking...
View ArticleNumbers, Schnumbers, Why Evangelicals Should Worry About Trump’s Popularity
What would journalists and pundits do without Donald Trump? Indeed, one wonders how they ever...
View ArticleRepublican Presidential Candidate Courts Televangelists. So What Else Is New?...
Politico reports today that Donald Trump is courting prosperity televangelists in an effort to “keep...
View ArticleTelevangelist Who Prayed With Trump Says It Wasn’t Endorsement
Televangelist Kenneth Copeland claims his prayers for Donald Trump at a meeting with televangelists last month...
View ArticleCarson’s Lead Shows Evangelicals Care More About Politics Than Religion
Two polls out this week show retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson surging ahead of Donald Trump...
View ArticleTrump Pulls a Huckabee on Religion
Donald Trump, Saturday, October 24, 2015: I’m Presbyterian. Boy, that’s down the middle of the...
View ArticlePodcast: Trump, Carson, and Evangelicals in the Presidential Campaign
This week I was a guest on the Center for Inquiry podcast “Point of Inquiry”...
View ArticleAs New Poll Finds “Increased Xenophobic Streak,” Republicans Heighten...
As Republican presidential candidates and governors pronounce Muslims and Syrian refugees personae non grata after...
View ArticleRefugee Crisis in the Age of Trump: Getting Holocaust Analogies Wrong
Some of the Republican presidential candidates are fond of Holocaust analogies. Mike Huckabee, for example,...
View ArticleTrump Smashing Religious Right Formula to Bits
Donald Trump’s stump speeches are not, as most are, the product of careful tweaking and...
View ArticlePope Francis Opens Holy Doors; Trump Calls For Closed Borders
On the eve of Pope Francis’ opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s for the Extraordinary Jubilee...
View ArticleWhen Catholics Were the Muslims
A well-known national figure tries to rally Americans to the danger posed by a poorly...
View ArticlePerhaps Islam isn’t the Only Reason Donald Trump Didn’t Recall Muhammad Ali
After Barack Obama pointed out in a televised address on the San Bernardino shootings that...
View ArticleTrump, Islamophobia, and the Philly Pig’s Head Incident
Shortly after November’s horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, Al-Aqsa mosque in Philadelphia received a phone...
View ArticleRD on the Radio: Donald Trump and the Religious Right
This week on State of Belief Radio, I spoke with the Rev. Welton Gaddy about...
View ArticleWhy Won’t the President Say “Islamic Terrorists?”
Donald Trump has tried to make much about why President Obama won’t use the phrase...
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