https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/latter-day-saints-fairview-temple-feud/?utm_source=texasmonthly.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sharebutton

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is growing rapidly.

Perhaps one explanation lies in Mormon readiness to use hardball tactics and massive wealth to crush any they perceive as opponents.

#USReligion #LDS #Mormons #Texas #Fairview

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/video/christian-nationalist-doug-wilson-pam-brown-digvid

I'm glad this report was on CNN. I knew of Doug Wilson before, but the wider public needs to be aware of not only his diseased beliefs but also the extent of their infection in DC.

#USPolitics #USReligion #DougWilson #ChristianNationalism #Christianity #PeteHegseth

Well, apparently I'm the betrothed mother-in-law of the pope....

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/conclave-pope-class.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE8.AHFV.ZXp05Rk-u9wJ&smid=url-share

#Uchicago #USReligion #HigherEdPolitics

In his Inaugural Adress, Donald #Trump vowed to support Elon Musk’s Mars colonization mission as the United States' "manifest destiny", a divine mandate to conquer space - a 19th century concept which was once used to justify the U.S. westward expansion.

At the HCA Graduate Blog, Peggy Reeder argues that space is no longer just a scientific frontier, but has become a spiritual and ideological battleground ⬇

https://hcagrads.hypotheses.org/5814

#Mars #USReligion #AmericanStudies #hypoverse

Note the close Trump/Texas GOP links.

Texas pastor Robert Morris indicted for child sex crimes | The Texas Tribune

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/12/robert-morris-texas-megachurch-indicted-sexual-abuse/

#USPolitics #USReligion #Gateway #RobertMorris #Texas #DonaldTrump #SexCrime #SexualAbuseOfChildren

Spiritual Warriors: Decoding Christian Nationalism at the Capitol Riot

https://youtu.be/0Ev0P92-fqs?si=EBSWnrKZP487EAeT

Matthew D Taylor of the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies explains how Christian nationalists fuelled the January 6th insurrection.

A good introduction to C Peter Wagner's notion of "spiritual warfare" and the development of his ideas by his followers.

#USPolitics #ChristianNationalism #USReligion
#January6
#CPeterWagner
#MatthewDTaylor
#ICJS