Abortion | David P Gushee

The Christian Right Continues Its Futile but Dangerous War of Reaction

For a long time, it was clear the white Christian Right in the United States was waging a war of reaction (sometimes open, sometimes clandestine) against just about every social, cultural and legal change that has taken place in our country since about, say, 1962. If we take the time horizon that far back, these changes would […]

‘Radical New Arrangements’: On Conservative Christian Radicalization in the U.S.

Abortion, Christianity and Politics / By David Gushee

After a year of researching the matter rather deeply — including listening to conservative scholars, activists and politicians — it has become completely clear to me that a significant chunk of conservative Christians in the United States has moved from political disenchantment to a full-on radicalization that threatens our democracy. I am not just talking about

‘Radical New Arrangements’: On Conservative Christian Radicalization in the U.S.