In light of Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department, journalist Heather Tomlinson explores where the accusations of witchcraft have come from and whether they are legitimate

As her new album is released, long-standing Christian debates over the faith and beliefs of megastar Taylor Swift heat up. So is the squeaky-clean singer a Christian, as she has previously stated or is there something much darker going on? And what repels people more from the Church – hysterical claims from Christians about satanic worship, or the “witchcraft” itself? 

Although she has made repeated references to witchcraft and the occult in recent years, in 2020, Taylor Swift explicitly said she is a Christian in Netflix documentary Miss Americana. In the context of condemning a local Republican politician, she said: “Those aren’t Tennessee Christian values. I live in Tennessee. I am Christian. That’s not what we stand for.” She also aligned herself with a number of progressive causes and against Trump… (Register to read the rest of the article)