Jack Jenkins

National Reporter for @RNS. "Workaday writer." — The New Yorker. Author of "American Prophets." Tips? Try me on Signal: jackmjenkins.60

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

In case you missed it: I wrote a book.

It's called "American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country."

It's on the Religious Left, came out in paperback in April, and you can order it here: https://t.co/iiXc3Wwn6m

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

What are you reading this weekend?

[Liam Adams @liamsadams]

At a campaign stop at Campbell Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Bolivar, state Rep. Justin Pearson said that with xAI's data center outside Memphis, "it is them at the top versus the rest of us." @NewYorker dives into Pearson's congressional campaign: https://t.co/5ytnA9tMhc

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

"A survey released Tuesday (Oct. 20) found that Republicans and evangelicals increasingly see empathy as a danger that can lead society away from God." https://t.co/1pKLKEa07v

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

This is your regular reminder that if you have a story idea, want to leak something or want to share what you're seeing inside the government and/or your faith community, you can reach me via Signal here: jackmjenkins.60

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[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

Since folks are talking about Tommy Teepell, just gonna note that he and (mainly) his father, GOP strategist Timmy Tepell, were a subject of an investigation I did a couple of years ago.

Both have ties to Sean Feucht, who espouses Christian nationalism. https://t.co/zCf0bGAgLA

[Jared Holt @jaredlholt]

The “Tommy” show in the viral video from Abdul El-Sayed is a former staffer for Sen. Josh Hawley and the son of a GOP strategist.

https://t.co/O4OMHxdnvC

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

What are you reading this weekend?

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

Five days!

Thats not even a half-Scaramucci. https://t.co/e5RfSR0jiH

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

NEW from me and @fiona_ndre: After religious pushback, Trump says Pentagon won’t livestream execution.

Also: Reaction from Pastors Robert Jeffress and Doug Wilson, who were among the few faith leaders to show public support for the execution. https://t.co/PQ82CKbzDg

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

Fascinating thing buried in the crosstabs here:

White evangelicals show the *most* support for live-streaming the execution, but it’s still only 25%.

Exactly zero of the major religious groups polled showed majority support for live-streaming the Fort Hood shooter’s execution.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

Americans oppose live-streaming Nidal Hasan's execution, 80%-18%, per a new WaPo-ABC poll.

But one group supports it: MAGA Republican men, who back it 57%-42%.

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

(FWIW, it seems like he won her over: She and Talarico disagreed on abortion theologically, but it wasn’t clear if they ultimately disagreed policy-wise, and she repeatedly said she was impressed with him.)

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

Oh: they brought one of the voters Talarico spoke to back, and she seemed super theologically knowledgeable, and that’s bc…she’s a professor of applied ministry at a Catholic University.

She noted specific theological differences between Catholicism and the PC(USA) on abortion.

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

This Talarico CNN town hall is wild.

Talarico just had several sit-down conversations w/voters that exposed massive differences between mainliners, Catholics and evangelicals.

Yet Talarico is more gesturing toward mainline theology while also trying to keep voters on his side.

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

@CrawfordStuff It may be a matter of the different races they’re running, and how long they’ve been running them (I.e., Hamilton has only been running for a few months), not to mention one was already a politician and the other wasn’t.

But generally agree here — different approaches.

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

This Talarico CNN town hall is wild.

Talarico just had several sit-down conversations w/voters that exposed massive differences between mainliners, Catholics and evangelicals.

Yet Talarico is more gesturing toward mainline theology while also trying to keep voters on his side.

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

@richarddeitsch Much obliged!

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

Hard to stress how unusual it’s been to watch convos like this unfold this year — ones that put mainline theology on full display in a political context.

Many traditions have been there, but this year — w/Talarico, Hamilton, Garriott, etc — mainliners have been in the spotlight.

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

It’s interesting, bc voters are initially challenging his theology at the outset, which suggests mainline theology is seen as disputable as opposed to a tradition you either respect or not.

But Talarico repeatedly insists they’re all part of the same faith, and driving that home

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[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

NEW: There are an unusual number of pastors, former pastors and seminarians on the ballot this year, with many locked in tight races.

So I've rounded up the major races that feature faith leaders, and broke down which ones @RNS is keeping an eye on. https://t.co/TZ7bz57UiE

[Liam Adams @liamsadams]

In addition to the well-known Adam Hamilton and James Talarico campaigns, ordained ministers Revs. Sarah Trone Garriott, Lindsay James and Freddie Haynes III are running in competitive congressional races in Iowa and Texas, @jackmjenkins reports: https://t.co/tnsml9aE5G

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

NEW: There are an unusual number of pastors, former pastors and seminarians on the ballot this year, with many locked in tight races.

So I've rounded up the major races that feature faith leaders, and broke down which ones @RNS is keeping an eye on. https://t.co/TZ7bz57UiE