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Obery Hendricks on Yass, Jesus!

Christians Against Christianity by Obery Hendricks on Yaas, Jesus!

We speak with Dr. Obery Hendricks, a Biblical scholar at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. His new book Christians Against Christianity discusses the moral roots of the Bible to illustrate the hypocrisy of evangelical right-wing rhetoric, including a chapter on the religious Right’s condemnation of homosexuality and how it runs antithetical to the foundational […]

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Obery Hendricks on Recommended Reading

Obery Hendricks on Recommended Reading

Obery Hendricks is Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary and Adjunct Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Columbia University. His new book, Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith, charges conservative evangelicals with undermining the Christian tradition. Learn more about this here: Anti-Christians –

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Obery Hendricks on the Los Angeles Review of Books

Obery Hendricks on the Los Angeles Review of Books

Obery Hendricks is angry at white evangelicals — not all of them, perhaps, but certainly the strong majority of those now associated with right-wing politics in the United States. It’s not just that these religious-political actors have disagreements with their more liberal brothers and sisters; it’s that they have abdicated the Christian tradition altogether, discarding

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Obery Hendricks on Faith and Leadership

Obery Hendricks: Christian activism includes setting the record straight on ChristianityA scholar-activist talks about his new book, “Christians Against Christianity,” in which he details how right-wing Christians have distorted the faith. Read more about this here: Obery Hendricks: Christian activism includes setting the record straight on Christianity

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Obery Hendricks on State of Belief with Rev. Dr. Welton Gaddy

Listen to it here: Biblical Truth? – State of Belief Christian Nationalism doesn’t just harm democracy – it also endangers the sanctity of religion itself. Members of the Religious Right often cite their extreme beliefs and “Biblical truth” when it serves their narrow interest, twisting religion into a political weapon. Rev. Gaddy will sit down

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