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Hegseth Praises Bari Weiss’s ‘60 Minutes’ at Pentagon Worship Service
Southern Baptist pastor Wesley Welch of King’s Church DC delivered a sermon on the prayers of Moses.
 • Jeremy Fuzy and Brian Kaylor
Performative Submission and the Gospel of Free Market Capitalism
An interview with Kristin Kobes Du Mez on White Christian womanhood.
 • Word&Way
Hegseth Uses 9/11 Pentagon Ceremony to Push Religious War
The head of the U.S. military — who has Crusader imagery tattooed on his body and the cover of his Bible — spent the anniversary promising divine…
 • Brian Kaylor
Weekly Roundup: Sept. 11
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report on a recent conference that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A…
 • Word&Way
God’s Only Party in Dallas?
In this issue of A Public Witness, I’ll take you through some of the highlights (or, uh, lowlights) of faith appeals at the Republican midterm…
 • Brian Kaylor
Celebrating Religious Liberty at Colonial Williamsburg
I’ve often mentioned Patrick Henry in presentations about Christian Nationalism and religious liberty. But a recent conference at Colonial Williamsburg…
 • Brian Kaylor
Weekly Roundup: Sept. 4
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report on how the Department of Homeland Security justifies spying on churches that is…
 • Word&Way
‘A Weaponized Bureaucracy That Chills First Amendment Activity’
Activists, mainline denominations push back against Trump administration for ‘church invasions by ICE.’
 • Brian Kaylor

August 2026

DHS Denies Violating Injunction, but Refuses to Give Evidence or Detail Extent of Church Spying
In new filings in federal courts in Minnesota and Massachusetts, the U.S.
 • Brian Kaylor
Weekly Roundup: Aug. 28
Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. This week we published a report on the latest proposal by a prominent Christian Nationalist preacher…
 • Word&Way
Book Recommendation: Damned If She Does
The #MeToo movement brought global awareness to how sexual abuse and harassment were both widespread and overlooked in too many places.
 • Beau Underwood
Doug Wilson Says Mamdani Voters ‘Should Lose Their Citizenship’
Doug Wilson, a Christian Nationalist pastor in Idaho and a self-described “paleo-Confederate,” wants to strip the citizenship of anyone who voted for…
 • Brian Kaylor
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