Scary Religious Weirdness in Detroit

I’m grateful for the often thankless but important work of people like Rachel Tabachnik, Greg Metzger, and others in drawing attention to the strangely intertwining worlds of Dominionism, the New Apostolic Reformation, and Christian Zionism. I have known people involved in these groups and their antecedents for decades now, and I don’t think they should be written off as fringe phenomena – especially when Sarah Palin was a Vice Presidential candidate in the last election cycle, and the Republican Party this time around seems to have no shortage of candidates and activists with these leanings.
If you’re unfamiliar with the concerns, check this out:
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/1/20/131544/037
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/11/8/131338/002
Of special concern this week: speakers with lots of nasty anti-Muslim rhetoric in their past are gathering in Detroit Friday. Thankfully, other Christian leaders are standing up, speaking out, and taking to the streets with an alternative message:
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/11/9/21840/4442
If I were in Detroit, I’d be marching with this latter group on Friday.