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"As a theologian, as a pastor, I understand Christian nationalism as an idolatry. And what I've seen is that the idol itself has shifted. It's shifted from a backwards sort of patriotic-ish view of America, a lot of iconography of flags, of military insignia, really Norman Rockwell-esque sort of fuzzy white Americana pictures."

~ Lutheran pastor Angela Denker

#WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #Hegseth
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https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/christian-nationalism-as-heresy-and

Christian Nationalism as Heresy and Threat: A Conversation with Rev. Angela Denker

I was so happy to welcome Rev. Angela Denker of I'm Listening to Dispatches From A Collapsing State. Here, Denker, author of Disciples of White Jesus, and I discuss the recent turn towards Christian Nationalism by the Far Right, as well as the general heresy being used to destroy democracy, oppress women and minorities, and fuel the ongoing rise of fascism.

#whiteevangelicals #maledomination #maleentitlement #whitechristiannationalism #patriarchy #hegseth

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 hours ago

Now it has shifted to become less focused on America itself and more aligned with a global authoritarianism that is grounded in a violent masculinity."

For more discussion of these themes, see the discussion between Holly Berkley Fletcher and Steven Hassan linked below.

#WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #Hegseth
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22D7c_xxV5M

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 hours ago

"I find it heartbreaking that some of the loudest voices defending Christian values are the very ones breaking the first commandment again and again. … Just to be clear, Christian nationalism has no place in either Christianity or patriotism.”

~ Lutheran Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee quoted by Morgen White

#WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #Hegseth
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https://favs.news/at-seattle-talk-rick-of-christian-nationalism-threat/

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 hours ago

"I am no preacher, but what I have learned in my Baptist Church about the Old Testament prophets makes me suspect that God may not look very favorably on being asked to bless a government that is busy slamming its doors to refugees and taking food out of the mouths of hungry people while its corrupt leaders manipulate the system to enrich themselves."

~ Svante Myrick

#WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #Hegseth #Trump #EconomicElites
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https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5847719-religious-nationalists-trump-america/

The Hill

Christians aren’t signing up for the Trump administration’s unholy war

It has been a strange month for American Christians whose religious identity is not bound up with the adoration of Donald Trump.