David R. Brockman
By David R. Brockman:
Critics Fear New Texas Law Giving SBOE Wide Discretion Over Textbooks
Two North Texas Evangelicals Ask: Who Would Jesus Deport?
While white evangelicals remain the main religious supporters of draconian anti-immigrant measures, two prominent North Texas evangelicals are pushing back.
While white evangelicals remain the main religious supporters of draconian anti-immigrant measures, two prominent North Texas evangelicals are pushing back. Read More
‘Sermon Safeguard’ Bill is All About Preaching to the Choir
Supporters claim the legislation shielding pastors from subpoenas will protect religious liberty, but it’s more symbolism than solution.
Supporters claim the legislation shielding pastors from subpoenas will protect religious liberty, but it’s more symbolism than solution. Read More
GOP State Lawmakers Again Take Aim at Wall of Church-State Separation
Anti-Shariah, anti-abortion, pro-Israel proposals run counter to First Amendment
GOP Legislators Take Aim at Church-State Separation Anti-Shariah, anti-abortion, pro-Israel proposals run counter to First Amendment. While many of us have been absorbed in the media spectacle surrounding all things Trump, the religious right in Texas has been busy laying out its … Read More
Can Texas Muslims Trump Islamophobia?
As the president-elect ushers in an era of anti-Muslim rhetoric, Texas Muslims are fighting back.
What we’re seeing in the Muslim community today is just the latest episode in a story as old as our nation and the 13 colonies that preceded it: A religious minority suffers persecution and violence, then uses the democratic process … Read More
Religious Freedom is Only for Christians in Texas
Texas GOP leaders talk a lot about religious freedom. And then they try to impose their own beliefs on everybody else.
Texas GOP leaders talk a lot about “religious liberty.” And then they try to impose their own beliefs on everybody else. Read More
Backward Together: Evangelicals and Trump Want to Make America Christian Again
How the conservative Christian myth of a fallen America connects with Trump’s dystopian fearmongering.
Our resident theologian unpacks the philosophy uniting Trump's longing for a mythologized good old days and evangelical Christianity's 'fallen America.' Read More
When Very Public Christians Go Astray
The Bible commands Christians to “abstain from all appearance of evil,” making things a little awkward for Texas officials facing criminal investigations. Read More
Recap: Chaos and Castros at the 2016 Texas Democratic Convention
The Clinton versus Sanders fight largely lay dormant at the 2016 Texas Democratic Convention — until it really, really didn't.
Though Texas Democratic Party officials had worked hard to paper over the divisions between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton supporters throughout the weekend, the superdelegate debate exposed real animosity between the two factions. Read More
The Gospel According to Texas Democrats
Governor Greg Abbott said we wouldn't hear the 'word of God' at the Texas Democratic Convention. He was wrong.
Greg Abbott said we wouldn't hear the 'word of God' at the Texas Democratic Convention. He was wrong. (Or lying, but surely he wouldn't bear false witness!) Read More