Christina Littlefield

Analysis | The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning. Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.

Trump has trounced truth ... this is why I donate to Poynter's Politifact to show that truth still matters www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling (RNS) — ‘We think that it’s not a matter of if, but just a matter of when, the Supreme Court will overrule Obergefell,’ said Mathew Staver, head of Liberty Counsel.

They will never be satisfied. Liberty Counsel seeks to take away liberties of thousands to protect conscience of one religionnews.com/2025/07/30/e...

2/2 Because making sure every student feels included is critical to student success, retention and graduation rates. For Christian universities, it's also a faith commandment.

Belmont University conducts review after DEI complaints from MAGA pols (RNS) — Belmont University has been accused by Trump supporters of violating the president’s ban on DEI programs.

1/2 The Chronicle of Higher Ed has a DEI tracker that indicates MOST universities quietly shifted names & kept doing the work. Why? religionnews.com/2025/07/29/b...

Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious (The Conversation) — History shows that governments’ attempts to strengthen religious institutions can backfire.

McGill professor Brendan Szendro does a great job here showing why separation of church and state actually helps faith flourish religionnews.com/2025/07/29/w...

Evangelical Leaders Commend Bipartisan Dignity Act as a Way Forward on Immigration WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today a coalition of evangelical denominations and organizations sent a letter to Members of Congress, commending the introduction of the Dignity Act of 2025. The bipartisan immigra...

Evangelicals for immigration reform ... including a path to legalization evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/evangelicals...

The Jesus and John Wayne soundtrack you didn't know you needed ...with thanks to Ezra Craker and Sojourners

@kkdumez.bsky.social #LovedIt kristindumez.substack.com/p/the-jesus-...?

How the Trump shooting supercharged beliefs in a divine right of MAGA Donald Trump and many of his followers have described the rally as a mass spiritual awakening, promoting beliefs that he enacts God’s will

An important — if disturbing — look at how last July's attempt on Trump's life supercharged MAGA belief that he was God's chosen candidate. When you presume God is on your side (and don't ask if you are aligned with God) any behavior can be excused wapo.st/4nLjwiT

Opinion | The Christian Backlash Taking Hold

I appreciate Esau McCaulley's prophetic voice here and his round up of how multiple Christian groups are protesting the GOP's actions on biblical grounds: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/o...

The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work? In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injustice

Great profile on William Barber III and his call for moral clarity against policies that harm the poor and marginalized. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ten charts to explain Trump’s big, beautiful bill The overhaul of taxation and spending would spell trouble for America

Gift link to Economist's breakdown of how this abomination of a bill will impact the economy, hurt the poor and benefit the rich www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Prayer in school divides Americans as Texas law takes effect (RNS) — A new report from Pew Research Center finds Americans split on prayer in school, with just over half saying Christian prayers led by teachers are OK. But approval ranges widely from state to s...

@rns.org @bmietana.bsky.social shows that half of Americans are OK with Christian led prayers in public schools .. but support/opposition varies greatly by state religionnews.com/2025/06/23/p...

Great coverage from @rns.org and @jackjenkins.me of the religious dimensions of the Philadelphia No Kings protest.

100 years ago, the Social Gospel movement pushed to improve workers’ lives – but also to promote its vision of Christian America How has white Christian nationalism changed since the Gilded Age? A religion scholar compares the Social Gospel with the Christian right today.

I published my first Conversation article, looking at how the Social Gospel pursued a Christian America. Our book, "Christian America and the Kingdom of God," opens comparing the white Christian nationalism of today's Christian Right with this 19th century version theconversation.com/100-years-ag...

I will be forever grateful for Brueggemann's prophetic voice, and his call to not only critique what is, but to cast a vision for what could be.

Walter Brueggemann: In Memory Walter Brueggemann passed away peacefully on June 5, 2025, at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife, Tia, his sons, James and John, and their families. To read his online biography, click here.…

Walter Brueggemann has died

Sean Feucht Accused of Financial Mismanagement, Spiritual Abuse in Whistleblower Report Popular worship leader Sean Feucht has been accused of spiritual abuse and financial mismanagement at his various ministries.

Roys goes deeper into the allegations: julieroys.com/sean-feucht-...

Former staffers accuse activist Sean Feucht of ‘potential financial crimes,’ spiritual abuse (RNS) — The allegations raised questions about Feucht’s use of finances and accused him of ‘spiritual, emotional, and psychological abuse.’

Looking forward to deeper reporting to come here on these allegations against NAR leader/Christian nationalist promoter Sean Feucht religionnews.com/2025/06/03/f...

The lies my country taught me – Baptist News Global Trump administration wants to enshrine in every agency the myth of white American innocence as the official dogma of the United States.

My co-author Richard Hughes' writes about the Trump's administration's attacks on history and efforts to enshrine what he calls "white innocence." baptistnews.com/article/the-...

Isis | Vol 116, No 2

New issue of @isisjournal.bsky.social has a section on "Cultural Wars at 100," which looks at, in this year the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial, evolution, creationism, education & more: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/202...

#HPS #histsci #evolution

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15/15 In the end, it's clear: the right-wing media machine functions largely as an aggregator (reframing other reporting) & an amplifier (reposting misinformation/disinformation from social media). #MediaLiteracy

14/15 The irony? I checked Kirk's socials immediately after. On X, he cited reports from NYT & Politico. Turns out, he uses the "mainstream media" when it suits him.

13/15 The message from both Steele & Kirk: the MSM is dead, biased, & unreliable. The audience needs to do their "own research" & find podcasters they like (like Steele & Kirk, of course), who are the real "truth-tellers."

12/15 Steele, now a political podcaster, was pretty open about her current role. She bragged about covering Trump's trans sports ban executive order as a "new media outlet," framing her reporting to set up Karoline Leavitt for a perfect sound bite.

11/15 They're masters of media manipulation. The Christian Right has successfully denigrated "mainstream media," convincing their followers that only their outlets tell the "truth." So, when those furries-in-litter-boxes stories get debunked (again), it's dismissed as part of the MSM conspiracy.

10/15 This is a classic move. The Christian Right has a long history of pushing extreme, fabricated stories to provoke outrage & discredit the entire progressive movement. Think: sex ed concerns, book bans, the Satanic Panic... It's a pattern.

9/15 When someone incredulously asked if students were actually pulling down their pants in the hallway to poop in litter boxes, Kirk said... yes. Twice. He stressed that anyone who didn't know this wasn't living in reality & needed new media sources.

8/15 Then Steele repeated a 3-year-old, debunked hoax about schools in Scottsdale allowing students to identify as cats & use litter boxes. Kirk backed her up, saying it was true.

7/15 The main target of their outrage? Trans women in female-only spaces & sports. Steele & Kirk called for dads to "stand up for their daughters," with Kirk lamenting that dads of the 1950s would have solved the problem already, the way dads of the 1950s did.