Honored to be included in this @notusperspectives.bsky.social piece on what Washington gets wrong about religion—and in such great company. My quote: “The right weaponizes religion. The left ignores it.” Faith is shaping public life. Democracy leaders can’t afford to cede it. tinyurl.com/2jvztp4x

What Washington Gets Wrong About Religion, According to 14 Religious Leaders and Experts

James Martin, SJ, Simran Jeet Singh, Benjamin E. Park, Eboo Patel, Rev. Jennifer Butler, Ani Zonneveld, Rachel Laser, Russell Moore, Vineet Chander, Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Rev. William H. Lamar IV, Cary...

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Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX soared in its initial public offering. To put that figure in perspective, $1 trillion is enough money to spend $1 million every day for 2,740 years.

Important piece from my friend & colleague @revjenbutler.bsky.social on how (white) Christian nationalism has taken root in the making of U.S. foreign policy under the Trump regime. religionnews.com/2025/12/18/t...

The Christian nationalist worldview behind America’s new security posture

(RNS) — The National Security Strategy summons familiar fears that secularism and multiculturalism threaten a divinely inspired social order.

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Must read from @revjenbutler.bsky.social religionnews.com/2025/06/06/w...

Why MAGA Christianity should fear the new pope

(RNS) — Pope Leo’s election also offers hope, because he reminds the world that religious conviction need not serve nationalist power.

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“God still speaks, often in surprising ways.” - @revjenbutler.bsky.social #uccsynod #gs35 #ucc #uccgs35

Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

The Resurrection: Of Course It Was the Women open.substack.com/pub/revjenbu...

The Resurrection: Of Course It Was the Women

An Easter message from Mary Magdalene

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The hot mic tape n which Trump conspires to send even more Americans to El Salvador prisons.

Philip Bump@pbump.com · last yr.

Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."

Unearthed video: Trump nominee Ed Martin praises Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, a neo-Nazi white supremacist and convicted January 6 felon: “Extraordinary man”

This is what its like to work in the Trump administration now. When a career official objected to declaring that living immigrants were dead on legal and ethical grounds, security guards went to his office and told him to leave. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead

A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.

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On The State of Belief this week: @raushenbush.bsky.social moderates a discussion on the Trump administration's relentless attacks on religion & faith communities with @raskin.house.gov, @democracyforward.org's @skyeperryman.bsky.social, @revjenbutler.bsky.social, @therevadam.bsky.social, and more!

March 1, 2025 – One Month of Trump’s Attacks on Faith: Policymakers, Faith Leaders, and Legal Experts Take Action - State of Belief

This week, Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is joined by a panel of faith leaders, legal experts, and policymakers to discuss the urgent threats facing democracy and religious freedom under the Trump ad...

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