April 1, 2015

The right’s made-up God: How bigots invented a white supremacist Jesus

The right’s made-up God: How bigots invented a white supremacist Jesus

"We need to reclaim the narrative of Jesus’ life and death from the evangelical right. They have not been good stewards over the narrative. They have pimped Jesus’ death to support the global spread of American empire vis-à-vis war, “missions,” and “free trade,” the abuse of native peoples, the continued subjugation of Black people, and the regulation of the sexual lives of women and gay people."