Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic …
WEBJun 18, 2009 · In Andersen’s reading, the story of Adam and Eve is that of Adam’s deadly betrayal of his wife: offering her up for punishment—the wages of eating the apple were death—rather than owning his blame for sin. Women have been responding in a sort of biblical battered wife syndrome, the “Eve Syndrome,” ever since.
My Womb for His Purposes: The Perils of Unassisted Childbirth in …
WEBJul 14, 2009 · In the last week of June, two different circles of blogs invested in the Quiverfull movement—both as critics and supporters of the pro-natalist, patriarchal, conservative Christian lifestyle—focused on the sad news of the death of one Quiverfull mother’s child shortly after birth.
Religion Dispatches
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Religion Dispatches | Religion Dispatches. Church Attendance is (Once Again) Correlated with Authoritarianism — So Why Do We Refuse to Acknowledge It? Historian Matthew Stewart Upends the Widespread Belief that 19th Century U.S. Christianity Was On ‘The Right Side of History’. We Would Be Wise to Pay Attention to Trump’s Apocalyptic ...
The Christian Roots of the New Age: The Aquarian Gospel
WEBJul 28, 2009 · The Christian Roots of the New Age: The Aquarian Gospel. Many of the notes sounded by the eclectic soul-seekers of the New Age in the 1960s were sounded by the Romantics in the early nineteenth century. You might think of the idealization of Nature, of the upbeat and dancing portrait of human embodiment, human …
Dominion Theology, Christian Reconstructionism, and the New …
WEBAug 30, 2011 · In the current discussion about dominionism, and whether it is an invention of paranoid “leftists” or an actual theological system with political implications, worth understanding in its own right, there is a conflation of two groups that (while similar in some respects) are also quite different from each other: Christian Reconstructionism and the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR).
Is Proselytizing Ever Okay? Are We All ... - Religion Dispatches
WEBJan 12, 2022 · The person attempting to convert someone else to their religion does so because they believe that their religion is superior (which may be combined with a sincere concern that those who refuse to convert will be eternally tortured). Proselytizing also involves appeal to divine authority, which means the …
Fact-checking Scripture: “Those who do not work should not eat.”
WEBMar 31, 2017 · Fact-checking Scripture: “Those who do not work should not eat.”. 609. Occasionally, a bit of scripture will float into public discourse, often in the context of politicians and civilians sorting through the implications of some bit of policy. The citations are as a rule fairly shallow, as one side or the other tries to leverage the moral ...
Bill Gates’ Comments on Covid-19 Vaccine Enflame ‘Mark of the …
WEBMay 4, 2020 · If the worries of most quarantined Christians in the United States center on health and when they might resume their lives, there is a segment that wonders whether this moment has greater biblical significance. These apocalyptic-minded Christians seem to have become increasingly less concerned about
Inside the Evangelical Beliefs and Practices that Facilitate Abuse in ...
WEBMay 4, 2021 · Last Thursday, Josh Duggar’s sexual misconduct once again brought his reality TV-famous family into the spotlight. The 33-year-old was arrested Thursday on federal charges of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse materials, charges that carry a potential sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation
WEBMay 23, 2024 · The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is one of the most important Christian religious and political movements of our time. To see this one need look no further than the role of NAR leaders in the electoral campaigns of Donald Trump and Trump-aligned figures, from school boards to statewide elected offices, and as a dynamic part of the Christian Right.
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