“At this point, an argument can be made that American evangelicalism is global evangelicalism — that it has been so woven into the fabric of so many cultures around the world that it has become self-perpetuating, like pizza in American cuisine or eucalyptus trees in South African landscapes.”

~ Holly Berkley Fletcher, The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism (Minneapolis: Broadleaf, 2025), p. 127

#WhiteChristianNationalism #evangelicalism #Trump
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“Whatever people around the world learn from missionaries, whatever elements of American Christianity they keep, and whatever the missionaries themselves bring or take away, one thing is clear: the American church has been less affected and less enlightened by those on the receiving end of its missionary endeavor, or even by their own missionaries, then one might hope."

~ Ibid., p. 139

#WhiteChristianNationalism #evangelicalism #missionaries #Trump
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“At this point, an argument can be made that American evangelicalism is global evangelicalism — that it has been so woven into the fabric of so many cultures around the world that it has become self-perpetuating, like pizza in American cuisine or eucalyptus trees in South African landscapes.”

~ Holly Berkley Fletcher, The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism (Minneapolis: Broadleaf, 2025), p. 127

#WhiteChristianNationalism #evangelicalism #Trump
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“Beyond our zealous faith, the other Great American preoccupation—the one we're most famous for, the one that makes our streets proverbially paved with gold unless proverbially paved with strip malls—is money.

It would be a great mistake to think that money and faith live in separate realms. Faith can be the biggest cash cow of them all.”

~ Ibid., p. 33

#Trump #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #capitalism #money #God
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"The politics of evangelicals are overwhelmingly conservative. Though a minority, they punch far above their weight politically, with reliable votes, full coffers, and lockstep political ideology, pulling the nation ever further toward a straight, white theocracy.”

~ Ibid.

#Trump #CharlieKirk #FreeSpeech #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"Republicans are in the process of shutting down our government, our military is in our streets, perceived enemies of the crown are being prosecuted, our FBI is firing “disloyal” people at will, and the bedrock of any Democracy, our vote, is under attack.

Fascism is here.

Just don’t expect it to be reported that way."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/23

"He’d seen cadets and families at the Cadet Chapel welcomed by 'a phalanx of enthusiastic pastors' and recruited to Monday night Bible studies taught by members of New Life Church and Focus on the Family staff bused in for that purpose. The academy, Antoon realized, had become 'a giant Trojan horse for evangelicals to get inside the military.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #military #fascism #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #WarriorEthos
/31

Commenting on the Trump-Hegseth performance yesterday, Kristin Du Mez points to a passage in her book Jesus and John Wayne in which she discussewd retired colonel David Antoon's commentary on the infusion of warrior rhetoric in the military in the 2000s.

She wrote,

"Antoon identified a source of this inflitration."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #fascism #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #WarriorEthos
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https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/catching-up

"Hegseth also said the rules of engagement would be reviewed. 'We untie the hands of our war fighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement. Just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for war fighters.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"They flew our top military brass in to get buy-in for their plan to declare war on American citizens. …

We are witnessing the authoritarian takeover of the nation by a duly elected president who no longer wants to bother with dissent, protests or even the First Amendment."

~ Julie Roginsky

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-declares-war-on-american

"Republicans are in the process of shutting down our government, our military is in our streets, perceived enemies of the crown are being prosecuted, our FBI is firing “disloyal” people at will, and the bedrock of any Democracy, our vote, is under attack.

Fascism is here.

Just don’t expect it to be reported that way."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/23

"Trump calling on our military leaders to use U.S. cities as 'training grounds' for his latest attack is one of the darkest days in American history."

~ D. Earl Stephens

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/22

https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/red-alert

"Critics are now raising concerns that Hegseth, by linking his religion to the most powerful fighting force on the planet, may be running afoul of the U.S. Constitution."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"Even in an administration that has made defending religion a core concern, Hegseth has stood out by publicly advocating his own brand of conservative Christianity — one tied to Idaho pastor and avowed Christian nationalist Doug Wilson."

~ Jack Jenkins

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://www.ncronline.org/news/defense-secretary-hegseth-tests-constitution-pentagon-worship-services

"President Donald Trump used his time at the podium to say that he instructed Hegseth to use American cities as “training grounds” for the military.

Let’s repeat that: The president of the United States told his Secretary of Defense to use American cities as training grounds for the military."

~ Jill Filipovic

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/19

https://jill.substack.com/p/all-the-presidents-wimps

"Trump’s address was, in a word, insane. Those of us who pay attention to his comments know that he is in rapid decline, but this performance and the one recently at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service really underscore how severe it is. His inability to maintain even a semblance of attention now is startling."

~ Jared Yates Sexton

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/listen-to-the-dictator

"Hegseth is probably the most openly Christian nationalist true believer in the entire Trump administration (Russell Vought may be tied with him). He always brings Jesus to the war party. Because, of course, in the theology of Christian nationalism Jesus is a Warrior. It may well be their central image of the Son of God — a bloodthirsty, revenge-seeker with a sword in hand."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #WhiteChristianNationalism
/8

"In what was nicknamed by FOX News a 'Come to Jesus' meeting, Hegseth said that the newly-renamed Department of 'War' would be purging itself of any and all vestiges of 'woke.'

And, unsurprisingly, as Hegseth struck a derivative Patton-like pose before a screen-wide American flag, he brought Jesus into his speech."

~ Diana Butler Bass

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/the-warrior-ethos

"They flew our top military brass in to get buy-in for their plan to declare war on American citizens. …

We are witnessing the authoritarian takeover of the nation by a duly elected president who no longer wants to bother with dissent, protests or even the First Amendment."

~ Julie Roginsky

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
/6

https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-declares-war-on-american

"Hegseth also said the rules of engagement would be reviewed. 'We untie the hands of our war fighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement. Just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for war fighters.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #military #misogyny #women #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #FemaleSubordination #woke #DEI #WhiteChristianNationalism
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