Thomas Reese: Four ways to tell a prophet from a political puppet

In the streets of Washington, D.C., we have seen religion used as a political prop and we have seen it exercise its prophetic voice.On June 1, President Donald Trump infamously had the street in front of the White House cleared of protesters so he could use St. John’s Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square as a photo backdrop. Not only were peaceful demonstrators tear-gassed, clergy were chased away from the church, which was turned into a political prop without the permission of its pastor