===Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig===
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As the culture wars of the last several decades unfolded, religion seemed to loom over every aspect of American life. Would public schools host class-wide prayers, teach intelligent design, and require daily deference to the American flag? Would television shows deal frankly with sexuality, abortion, and unconventional families? Would Americans find hope and vitality in an increasingly secular, progressive future, or in an idealized Christian past? Today, as the fog of this protracted cultural struggle clears, it appears that religion—specifically Christianity—was itself contested, rather than merely serving as the moral bulwark of one particular side.
This is because, as historian Kevin Kruse points out in his recent book One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, co-opting the rhetoric and symbols of Christianity was useful for American capitalists, at least for a time. The result of this unhappy marriage was the Christo-capitalism of the modern Christian right, a species of American conservatism that left a bitter taste in the mouths of leftists. But if this is all that remains of the legacy of Christian politics in America, it will be an affront both to Christianity and to leftism. --Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig; Dissent: Why The Left Needs Religion; Fall 2015
This is because, as historian Kevin Kruse points out in his recent book One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, co-opting the rhetoric and symbols of Christianity was useful for American capitalists, at least for a time. The result of this unhappy marriage was the Christo-capitalism of the modern Christian right, a species of American conservatism that left a bitter taste in the mouths of leftists. But if this is all that remains of the legacy of Christian politics in America, it will be an affront both to Christianity and to leftism. --Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig; Dissent: Why The Left Needs Religion; Fall 2015
Feb 10, 2014: St Josephs Vanguard: Joy and Truth: A Conversation with Elizabeth Stoker
How many devout, twenty-three-year-old Christian women do you know who write for the likes of The Atlantic, Salon.com, and Boston Review Blog?Don’t know any? Well, allow me to introduce you to one: Elizabeth Stoker.
How many devout, twenty-three-year-old Christian women do you know who write for the likes of The Atlantic, Salon.com, and Boston Review Blog?Don’t know any? Well, allow me to introduce you to one: Elizabeth Stoker.
Dec 12, 2013: Rust Belt Philosophy: "Troubling" as a word meaning "inconvenient for me personally"
Wow - Elizabeth Stoker is one smarmy motherfucker. Having noticed that some of us aren't willing to get in line to kiss the new pope's feet quite yet, Stoker puts on her best frowny-face and lets us have it.
Dec 3, 2013: Firedoglake: Ross Douthat’s Inaccurate And Misleading Response To Pope’s Critique Of Capitalism
Whether or not Catholics should “heed the pope” I will leave to the Catholic community writ large and those with some knowledge of Catholic social teaching with a recommendation to read Elizabeth Stoker and Heather Horn’s pieces
Dec 3, 2013: Williamson Country Libertarian Party: Elizabeth Stoker has called our bluff – LCC is shutting down (NOT!)
Blogger Elizabeth Stoker is attempting to convince her readers that libertarianism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible. From the subsequent articles it appears as though this is a new hobby horse for her, and we welcome her questions.
Wow - Elizabeth Stoker is one smarmy motherfucker. Having noticed that some of us aren't willing to get in line to kiss the new pope's feet quite yet, Stoker puts on her best frowny-face and lets us have it.
Dec 3, 2013: Firedoglake: Ross Douthat’s Inaccurate And Misleading Response To Pope’s Critique Of Capitalism
Whether or not Catholics should “heed the pope” I will leave to the Catholic community writ large and those with some knowledge of Catholic social teaching with a recommendation to read Elizabeth Stoker and Heather Horn’s pieces
Dec 3, 2013: Williamson Country Libertarian Party: Elizabeth Stoker has called our bluff – LCC is shutting down (NOT!)
Blogger Elizabeth Stoker is attempting to convince her readers that libertarianism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible. From the subsequent articles it appears as though this is a new hobby horse for her, and we welcome her questions.
Nov 1, 2013: Libertarian Christians: Elizabeth Stoker has called our bluff – LCC is shutting down (NOT!) -
Blogger Elizabeth Stoker is attempting to convince her readers that libertarianism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible. From the subsequent articles it appears as though this is a new hobby horse for her, and we welcome her questions. Libertarianism is often misunderstood by the Left and Right alike, and adding “Christian” as a familiar bedfellow throws a curve ball into the mix (though why a left-liberal like Stoker is complaining about who we’re in bed with is beyond me).
Elizabeth Stoker (Salon) wrote in an op-ed which took offense by some comments made by Erick Erickson in defense of Phil Robertson: "If Christianity is posed as an institution on the defense, persecuted successfully by powers greater than itself, then it need not take stock of the impact of its chosen frames. The fantasy of the persecution of Christianity in America is thus mostly a technique aimed at protecting a particular approach to framing issues in the cruelest, least considerate method possible. Erickson may wish to sneak the disparagement of gay people in under the cover of Christianity, but better exemplars of the religion demonstrate the fallacy in his narrative. It’s right that Robertson should be reprimanded for the things he’s said: Christianity is an extremely powerful cultural force, and when one’s microphone is that loud, every word choice matters." --(Salon 12.23.12)
Blogger Elizabeth Stoker is attempting to convince her readers that libertarianism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible. From the subsequent articles it appears as though this is a new hobby horse for her, and we welcome her questions. Libertarianism is often misunderstood by the Left and Right alike, and adding “Christian” as a familiar bedfellow throws a curve ball into the mix (though why a left-liberal like Stoker is complaining about who we’re in bed with is beyond me).
Elizabeth Stoker (Salon) wrote in an op-ed which took offense by some comments made by Erick Erickson in defense of Phil Robertson: "If Christianity is posed as an institution on the defense, persecuted successfully by powers greater than itself, then it need not take stock of the impact of its chosen frames. The fantasy of the persecution of Christianity in America is thus mostly a technique aimed at protecting a particular approach to framing issues in the cruelest, least considerate method possible. Erickson may wish to sneak the disparagement of gay people in under the cover of Christianity, but better exemplars of the religion demonstrate the fallacy in his narrative. It’s right that Robertson should be reprimanded for the things he’s said: Christianity is an extremely powerful cultural force, and when one’s microphone is that loud, every word choice matters." --(Salon 12.23.12)
Dec 23, 2012: Elizabeth Stoker wrote in an op-ed for Salon which took offense by some comments made by Erick Erickson in defense of Phil Robertson: "If Christianity is posed as an institution on the defense, persecuted successfully by powers greater than itself, then it need not take stock of the impact of its chosen frames. The fantasy of the persecution of Christianity in America is thus mostly a technique aimed at protecting a particular approach to framing issues in the cruelest, least considerate method possible. Erickson may wish to sneak the disparagement of gay people in under the cover of Christianity, but better exemplars of the religion demonstrate the fallacy in his narrative. It’s right that Robertson should be reprimanded for the things he’s said: Christianity is an extremely powerful cultural force, and when one’s microphone is that loud, every word choice matters."
May 12, 2021: it was announced that Stoker would depart The New York Times for The Atlantic at the end of the month.