An animating element of politics in the age of Trump is that some people are increasingly living out religious metaphors. RELATED: Trump's army of God: Doug Mastriano and the Christian nationalist attack on democracy "God can intervene in history," he said, adding that such interventions are carried out by "a man or a woman," such as the biblical Queen Esther …
Amid the arid desert and mountains of Al Ula in northwest Saudi Arabia, archaeologists are working to excavate the remnants of the ancient and long-forgotten kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan. Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia excavate kingdoms mentioned in Old Testament Al Ula, a flagship tourist destination since it opened in 2019, is known chiefly for the majestic tombs of Madain …
On May 9, the New Yorker published a feature story by Pulitzer winner Eliza Griswold about Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who could well be the Republican nominee for governor next year, as a flagship example of the swelling power of Christian nationalism within today's GOP. The religious movement Griswold mentions — the New Apostolic Reformation — could be more …
