2/4 I wrote about the national implications of that study in this piece for @RDispatches: "Texas serves as a case study of what happens when Christian Americanists take the reins of power." religiondispatches.org/new-study-of-c…
3/4 In April, TX Gov. Abbott and AG Paxton used the pandemic as an opportunity to do what they've long wanted: ban elective abortions in Texas. In this @RDispatches piece, I argued that their actions (later blocked in court) undermined religious freedom religiondispatches.org/texas-faith-le…
4/4 My research work for the @BakerInstitute this year focused on how major Christian nationalists in TX handled the #COVID19 crisis. That study should appear next month. I also have an article coming out in Jan in justpreachy.com. Watch this space - and Happy New Year!
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At appx 8:00, after alleging thousands of fake & stolen ballots, Trump argues that he could not have lost b/c his "coattails" enabled down-ballot GOP to win. But why would D's fake only the top of the ticket - esp when redistricting is coming up this year? washingtonpost.com/video/politics…
For those reading the @nytimes piece on how politics influences textbooks in TX and CA (see next tweet for link), this @RDispatches piece from last year shows how Christian nationalism skews textbook coverage of religion in TX textbooks 1/3 rewire.news/religion-dispa…
@nytimes@RDispatches@DanaGoldstein 3/3 And here's a longer, scholarly study of the problem, in which I argue that the TX social studies curriculum does not offer balanced coverage of world religions, largely b/c of intervention by conservative members of the TX State Board of Education. bakerinstitute.org/media/files/fi…