Daniel Schultz
Religion Dispatches
Daniel Schultz is a minister in the United Church of Christ, as well as creator and host of the Stranger Jesus podcast.
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Religion Dispatches History/Theology
Conservative Evangelicals Aren’t Hypocrites, They’re Sadists
God tells you not just the way you should be, but the way you actually are, and if you accept that, you will be blessed. If you step outside of it, you're just asking for trouble. So arguing against this structure asks conservative white evangelicals to rewire their entire sense of reality.
Democratic Hopeful Pete Buttigieg Makes Faith 101 Misstep
If you don't understand that the Religious Right's conservatism does not stem from honest differences in faith, if you don't get that it's about particular structures of power, you badly misunderstand the situation, and you are not ready for prime time.
Religion Dispatches Politics/Law
Dems Should Take Notes From Elizabeth Warren’s Pitch-Perfect Answer on Faith
Speaking about her faith in a recent CNN town hall meeting the senator managed to avoid the mistakes of so many of her predecessors.
Religion Dispatches Politics/Law
2018: Wave Goodbye to Another Year in Religion
From sexual abuse to white nationalism, a fake rabbi, atheists behaving badly, and politicized pastries, 2018 had little going for it on the religion front.
In Face of GOP’s Shockingly Anti-Democratic Actions, ‘Love’ Is a Moral Failure
The corrupt legislative shenanigans by lame-duck Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina have prompted many to reiterate calls for "civility" and "love." But are those objectively good things?
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Compare the Midterms to Presidential Elections and an Interesting Story Emerges
This year's electorate resembles a presidential cycle as much as a midterm. So it might be helpful to compare 2018 both to previous midterms and to 2016.
Shockingly Tone-Deaf GOP Has Evangelical ‘Rabbi’ Pray for Pittsburgh Victims (Updated)
Inviting a messianic Jew to say a prayer for the victims of the worst act of anti-Semitic violence in American history is like sprinkling bacon bits on an eff-you sandwich.
Should We Believe ‘Bombshell’ Report on Pope’s Knowledge of Sexual Abuse?
There are reasons to be dubious about the allegations put forward by culture warrior Carlo Maria Viganò, a Benedict XVI ally.
Religion Dispatches Politics/Law
Dems Need More Faith, Episode LXXI: The Beer Caucus Proposal
The 'Dems ignore faith' narrative ignores the rise of the Nones. It's as if it were 1954, and liberals were smarting over getting flanked by Ike on the 'In God We Trust' issue.
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Pence Defends US Immigration Policy in Guatemala … Using Scripture
After all the uproar over Jeff Sessions' use of Romans 13 to defend the extravagant cruelty of separating migrant families at the U.S. border, you might be tempted to bet against administration members citing scripture.
Religion Dispatches Politics/Law
Why the Methodist Effort to Discipline Sessions Is a Risky Business
Self-definition and even strident public opposition are one thing. Parsing who's a "real" Christian and who's not is something else.
Religion Dispatches History/Theology
Is it ‘biblical to enforce the law,’ as Trump Admin Claims in Defense of Separating Families?
In short, Jeff Sessions is a gutless coward, without the courage of his professed religious beliefs; without even a rudimentary moral compass beyond White America Good. Brown America Bad.
Religion Dispatches Politics/Law
Pence Campaigns to Southern Baptists, But He May Want to Cool His Trump Jets
The vote to invite Pence was only 60-40, and several audience members challenged his presence. Evangelicals may be overwhelmingly Trump's base, but not all of them.
SCOTUS’s Incoherent ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’ Decision
If you had to choose a word to describe the news of today’s Supreme Court ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, you could do worse than “stupid.” In case you’ve been hiding under a rock recently, Masterpiece involves a Colorado baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple due to his religious beliefs. […]
A Pastor Speaks: More Than The Children We Wanted
All children should be hoped for and longed for. They should all find welcome in a family that was not complete before their arrival. They should all be the children not of our wants but of our dreams, and our deepest fulfillment.
