The ‘Freedom Convoy’ is Inspired by a Biblical Account of Divine Massacre: Welcome to the Jericho March
When a church announces what’s called a Jericho March (or a Jericho Walk), you might…
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New Report on (White) Christian Nationalism and the J6 Insurrection Shows Just ‘How Dire the Threat is’
Readers who follow my work will be aware of my conviction that neither the press,…
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One Year After 1/6, Media Still Refuse to Recognize Authoritarian Christianity
One of those unspoken social rules I’ve never been very good at observing is that…
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Facing White Christianity’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection
On Jan. 20, 2021, President Joe Biden became the first commander in chief to use…
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Is the Growing Anti-Pope ‘Rad-Trad’ Community Poised to Become ‘Qatholics’? History Isn’t Encouraging
On Halloween, Rhode Island police announced that they had arrested Father James Jackson, the pastor…
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Not Peace, But Division? Evangelical Vaccine Refusers Divide Families
A friend of mine was raised in a family that was quirky, sarcastic, into alternative…
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Claiming That ‘We Birthed a Nation From Nothing’ CNN’s Rick Santorum Gives a Master Class in Christian Nationalism: An Open Letter to CNN
Dear CNN, Many questioned your decision to hire Rick Santorum as a senior political commentator…
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I Grew Up Evangelical and the Christian Nationalist Insurrection Did Not Surprise Me
On Wednesday, January 6, I, like almost everyone else in America, watched as a mob…
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Christian Nationalists Didn’t Seek to Desecrate the Capitol But to Purify It
In her new book, Saving History: How White Evangelicals Tour the Nation’s Capital and Redeem…
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Attack on the US Capitol Has Many Journos Finally Taking White Evangelical Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism Seriously
A month ago, I argued here on RD that America’s national conversation about Christianity is…
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