
Living in a Country Where Credibility Is Ancient History
Eroding the ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy is a key feature of the Trumpian moment.
Eroding the ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy is a key feature of the Trumpian moment.
James H. Cone, the father of black liberation theology, understood that the privileged can never grasp religion's true essence.
In researching his new book, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges mingled with groups driven by antipathy for Muslims and others. This excerpt from "America: The Farewell Tour" offers intimate portraits of a few of their members.
"I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order," the attorney general says.
Now that fundamentalists have their man in the White House, they are running another assault on democracy that would make the late televangelist Jerry Falwell proud.
A "military ethicist" uses flawed logic, or sophisticated brainwashing techniques, to justify unjust wars in foreign lands.
Steve Green says the aim is to educate, not evangelize. But skeptics call the project a Christian ministry disguised as a museum.
The allegorical film from director Darren Aronofsky bends genres but begs for an explanation.
The home crafts chain imported more than 5,500 Iraqi artifacts that were intentionally mislabeled, federal prosecutors say.
The Texas senator's measured pro-Israel comments mask the extremist views of "God's candidate." His Christian Zionist backers see Israel's continued grip on Palestine as key to the second coming of Jesus.
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