Read the full story: Religion Dispatches
Every Pete Hegseth story somehow becomes a story about Christian nationalism, but few are as on the nose as last week’s. The Pentagon announced the culling of the US military’s list of recognized religions from 211 to 31. Military.com broke the news that the Department of Defense is removing 180 religions from the list. 22 of the 31 remaining (70%) are Christian denominations. (Notably, the list includes the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—mishyphenated and miscapitalized but present—as a recognized religion but not a Christian one.)