Posts Tagged ‘Against Christian Nationalism’
Learning Together: Understanding Christian Nationalism – Prophetic Voices
Prophetic Voices Against Christian Nationalism Prophetic voices always emerge out of oppressed and marginalized communities. In such a way there are voices today, rising out from the first-line victims of the pernicious heresy of Christian nationalism. In White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America, Anthea Butler reveals how racism in evangelical movements and spaces,…
Read MoreLearning Together: Understanding Christian Nationalism – An Analysis
Analyzing Christian Nationalism A problem defined is a problem half-solved. Curing the disease of racialized Christian nationalism requires we first understand its nature and scope. The first two installments of this series provided a look at the inside of the dangerous heresy of Christian nationalism. In this third section, we’ll look at an informative and…
Read MoreLearning Together: Understanding Christian Nationalism-An Insider’s View
A Former Insider’s Research and Reflections In our last email, we invited you to join our Learning Together reading and resource series on Christian nationalism. We started by pointing you to a couple controversial titles which defend the heresy of Christian nationalism, in order for you to have a chance to read some primary source accounts…
Read MoreLearning Together: Understanding Christian Nationalism – Defining the Problem
Defining the Problem In Bonhoeffer’s day, Adolf Hitler and members of the Nazi Party embodied the “Christian-conservative, imperial populist front.” Today, we have comparable characters and movements in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. Despite changes in historical circumstances, location, or personalities, heretical religiopolitical movements have contaminated Christianity since its inception. The universal sine qua non or…
Read MoreUnderstanding Christian Nationalism – A Reading and Resource Series
What is Christian Nationalism and What Can We Do About It? Christian nationalism is the belief that a certain kind of Christianity defines the American nation and that the government must take legislative and policy actions to keep it that way. Popularly, Christian nationalists insist that America is and must remain a Christian nation. To achieve their…
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