The Order the Pulpit Pronounced, and the Body the Ordo Assigned
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The theology was sound. The cuffs were steel.
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Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- JD Vance, Charlie Kirk, Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV, Larry Jacobs, Robert Jones, Daniel Hummel, Bryce Crawford, Public Religion Research Institute, University of Minnesota, Lumen Center, Republicans, Dallas
- Themes
- 2028 presidential positioning, Religious identity and coalition politics, White Christian nationalism in the GOP, Vance evangelical-Catholic balancing act
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Informed citizenship