NOTE TO READERS: This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Wisconsin Watch. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In recent years, the Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics. The belief that God has called … Continue reading →
RELIGION DISPATCHES Last week, Katie Britt, one of Alabama’s two Christian nationalist senators, provided a now-notorious rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. If nothing else it was compelling television (and it even inspired a widely shared Saturday Night Live parody featuring Scarlett Johansson). Speaking from her family’s luxurious-but-barren kitchen, and carefully staged as … Continue reading →
Public Religion Resource Institute PRRI Staff, 02.28.2024 Throughout 2023, PRRI interviewed more than 22,000 adults as part of its American Values Atlas, which provides for the first time the ability to estimate support for Christian nationalism in all 50 states. Additionally, this new analysis examines how religion, party, education, race, and other … Continue reading →