God is on Donald Trump’s side in this year’s election, said the pro-Trump “prophets” at a recent FlashPoint Live event. “The Holy Spirit spoke to me,” said Hank Kunneman, who wore a jacket decorated with stars and stripes as he…
All in the Family set the stage for Rob Reiner to understand Christian nationalism
It was easy for television viewers to forget the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights struggle and women’s liberation when immersed in the gauzy nostalgia of The Andy Griffith Show or The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Then, in 1971, producer…
ERLC’s guide to political engagement will be too nice for conservatives and too mean for progressives
What should Christians do about political engagement? It’s a question Andrew T. Walker takes seriously in his extended pamphlet, “The Nations Belong to God: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement,” published by the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty…
Clergyman’s new podcast probes religion’s support for authoritarianism
When Steven D. Martin was in seminary, he read a book titled Theologians Under Hitler. The book examined how seemingly faithful, moral German Christians could have supported the tyrannical, murderous Nazi regime in the 1930s and 1940s. Martin has been…
Are Mike Johnson, Mitch McConnell and many key Republicans really Christians?
It was “in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians” (Acts 11:26). This verse of Scripture struck one side of my brains just as the other side revolted, “They are not Christians!” This simultaneous scriptural recollection and…
Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Jessica Wai-Fong Wong
Jessica Wong is the author of Disordered: The Holy Icon and Racial Myths, an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and teaches systematic theology at Azusa Pacific University. I was drawn to her work because like me she is…
Josh Hawley seeks revival of ‘Our Christian Nation,’ condemns ‘atheist left’
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s recent First Things essay, “Our Christian Nation,” may warm the hearts of Christian nationalists and confound historians and theologians who worry about continuing threats to the separation of church and state. Every nation needs a common…
‘God + Country’ documentary to debut Feb. 16
A new film about Christian nationalism exposes a disturbing picture of the movement’s use of intimidation and violence to express disapproval of those it considers religious and political adversaries, said Amanda Tyler, executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious…
U.S. Capitol hosts first screening of ‘God + Country’ documentary
To better understand the events of the January 6 insurrection, you have to understand the role Christian nationalism played in that fateful day. A new film explores the upsurge of religious extremism and its potential dangers to our nation. God…