Heute vor 1800 Jahren reichte es den Soldaten mit ihrem Kaiser. Elagabal, der Fanatiker, von dem…
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Human Beings Are Born to Believe in Conspiracy Theories
An explanation for people’s attraction to QAnon, the Plandemic hoax, and more. From the conviction that there…
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What It’s Like To Pastor QAnon Believers
During the early days of the pandemic, existing conspiratorial and politico-prophetic threads began to enmesh in…
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Inside the Secret World of Covenant Communities
Participation in the Catholic charismatic renewal reached its peak in the U.S. in 1987, with roughly…
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The Story Behind Those ‘Jesus 2020’ Signs
Right-wing Christians have tended to focus on King David and the Persian emperor Cyrus as models…
Continue ReadingThese Evangelical Women Are Abandoning Trump and the Church
Evangelical women began interrogating purity culture before Trump’s election. In the 1980s and ’90s, evangelical women…
Continue ReadingRamadan Has Brought Me Closer to My Father’s Memory
For one writer, the holy month is teaching him to speak to himself as much as…
Continue ReadingHow to Survive Quarantine, According to a Nun
A physician assistant by training, Sister Murray joined the monastery at age 35 in 1983 after…
Continue ReadingFor Some Churches, Easter Is Too Profitable to Cancel
On the fifth Sunday of Lent, a week into the governor’s order limiting gatherings of more…
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