Christian Nationalist Bestseller Rooted in Volk, Homeland, and Patriarchy is ‘Blood Relation’ of a Certain 20th Century German Manifesto
As a researcher, I’ve tracked the ascendance of White Christian nationalism in the United States…
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From Shofars to Hammers: The Spiritual Warriors of MAGA are ‘ReAwakening’ to Political Violence
For two days in late October, I attended Clay Clarke’s MAGA-driven ReAwaken America Tour near…
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The Chilling Response to the Pelosi Attack isn’t Simply a Matter of Partisanship, it’s a Sign of the Right’s Embrace of Fascism
A couple of weeks before the midterm elections, a man broke into the San Francisco…
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The Quiet Part is Very Much Out Loud: Conservative Publication Calls For Embrace of Totalitarianism
White Christian nationalism has been shown by researchers to be strongly connected to authoritarianism and…
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Pelosi Attacker’s New Age Spirituality and Belief in QAnon is no Contradiction
Around 3 a.m. on October 28, David DePape attacked Paul Pelosi, Speaker of the House…
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Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
It starts with a tweet: It's time for Christians in every country to come to…
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Yeshiva is Likely to Win Its Battle Against LGBTQ Group — But Do Jewish Orgs Really Want to Empower a Militant Christian Movement?
Yeshiva University (YU), a storied New York City Orthodox Jewish institution, is the unlikely darling…
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‘Brazil’s Trump’ Bolsonaro Lost — But Anti-Democratic Movements Seldom Accept Electoral Defeat
UPDATE, October 31: This Sunday Lula won the Brazilian presidential election by an extremely narrow…
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2022 American Values Survey Offers Some Good News — And Some Bad
As usual, PRRI’s 2022 American Values Survey, released this morning, is chock full of interesting…
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‘Do They Even Read the Bible?’ — Why Exposing White Evangelical Hypocrisy is a Dead End
Almost every day I run across some version of this Twitter interaction: Original Tweet: Bible/Jesus/God…
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