Archive for the ‘Religious identity’ Category

Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible

By Marcus O'Donnell • Sep 26th, 2004 • Category: Religious identity

This New York Times article shows just how out of control the Christian Right is getting: Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible
The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that “liberals” seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its […]



The Rapture racket

By Marcus O'Donnell • Sep 23rd, 2004 • Category: Religious identity

Great link from the Empire article about The Rapture racket. Bill Berkowitz interviews Barbara R. Rossing about her recently published book The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation. Rossing has quite a different take on what Empire means in Revelation
Rather than scare the living daylights out of folks, the book […]



The Gospel According to Dubya

By Marcus O'Donnell • Sep 22nd, 2004 • Category: Religious identity

Another great analysis of GWB and the rhetoric of apocalypse, The Gospel According to Dubya, from the fantastic website, KtB - Killing the Buddha. KtB describes itself this way: “a religion magazine for people made anxious by churches, people embarrassed to be caught in the “spirituality” section of a bookstore, people both hostile and […]



Bush, religious rhetoric and the press

By Marcus O'Donnell • Sep 21st, 2004 • Category: Religious identity

From NYU J-School’s great new site/blog The Revealer which covers the press and religion
David Domke, University of Washington professor and author of the just-released book, God Willing?: Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the “War on Terror,” and the Echoing Press, documents President Bush’s effective linking of religious terminology with political goals. While the tally […]