This Katherine Stewart wrote an effective article there,didnt she? Have her bookmarked on Twitter now, thought you'd like it. That piece about what is sick with American religious culture & toxic to US politics was picked up by the Guardian. A transplant from Boston to California, she has the vitality to be an much needed active monitor on religious fundmentalism in days to come, so will follow her.
How Christian fundamentalism feeds the toxic partisanship of US politics
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When religion is thus reduced to a single policy decision and support for a political party, it becomes shrill and bigoted. This abuse of religion for political purposes has been tremendously damaging for American politics. But it is worth pointing out that it has been destructive of religion, too. According to another poll this month, this one by the Pew Research Center, record numbers of Americans are now reporting that they have no particular religious affiliation. Perhaps that is because, right now, the God of hate seems to be shouting louder than the God of love.
(Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg View, Religion Dispatches, Newsweek International, Rolling Stone, The New York Observer, AlterNet, The Daily Beast)
Watching a bit of her on YT now, we can imagine how long she would last in Islamic culture?
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