As if exasperated by a quarrel during Thanksgiving dinner, columnist Michael Sean Winters pleads with whoever will listen: “Can everyone please stop talking about ‘Christian nationalism?’” Writing in the Nov. 21 issue of the National Catholic Reporter, he claims with…
A field guide to ‘accelerationism’: White supremacist groups using violence to spur race war and create social chaos
In my research on right-wing extremism over 30 years, a disturbing pattern has emerged: White supremacists and white nationalists are increasingly willing to use violence targeting critical infrastructure in an effort to destabilize society.
Yoram Hazony is Surprised by Blatant Antisemitism in the MAGA Coalition — But Antisemitism is Second Nature for Nationalists
On November 20, Israeli nationalist Yoram Hazony sat down for an interview with conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat to offer an explanation for the rise of antisemitism on the MAGA Right. After Tucker Carlson’s controversial interview with neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes on October 27, MAGA…
Christ the Christian Nationalist Sunday?
On Thursday (Nov. 13), the Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution to officially declare Nov. 23 as “Christ the King Sunday” in the Mitten State. The resolution, which passed without debate on a voice vote that did not seem to draw…
A Nazi walks into a bar
No, this is not the setup for a tasteless joke. On Thursday, Oct. 23, a 33 year-old white man named Kenneth Leland Morgan, wearing a tailored SS uniform, attempted to enter Cutter’s Pub in downtown Athens, Ga. Footage captured by…
Why is Ross Douthat talking to Doug Wilson?
What do we get when a conservative Roman Catholic intellectual interacts with a Calvinist Christian nationalist? No guesswork required here. Ross Douthat and Doug Wilson in an episode of “Interesting Times” discuss Wilson’s theological and political views. In the course…
Glaude urges a simple response to MAGA: ‘You’re lying’
Honest Americans need a shorthand way of challenging President Donald Trump and his MAGA followers, says Eddie Glaude Jr. of Princeton University. He suggests a simple phrase: “You’re lying.” “Within the context of faith, the Christian tradition, those who claim…
Pete Hegseth’s leadership falls flat
In the three weeks since Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth suddenly called the military’s top brass to Quantico for an anti-woke stump speech, his leadership has fallen flat. His Quantico address has been thoroughly scrutinized in the weeks since he…
Christian legal group ADF playing political kingmaker in England
Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal group founded four decades ago to defend believers in the U.S. who say they are being persecuted, has gone on the offensive in England, where it is backing populist right-wing leader Nigel Farage…
Christian nationalism is a power grab, Kaylor says in new book
There’s a simple reason Christian nationalists are willing to abandon long-held values and rewrite, redact and reinterpret the Bible as needed to support Donald Trump, Brian Kaylor says. “They want power,” said Kaylor, a Baptist minister, editor-in-chief of Word&Way and…
Now Christian nationalists claim we’re having a revival
As the Christian church loses credibility worldwide due to egregious politicking, Christian supremacists across the nation are tripping over themselves with excitement about a more positive story line they see: Revival. Although every other metric shows the church in America…
Tri-State CBF Assembly session explores faithful opposition to Christian Nationalism
Cooperative Baptists from Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia gathered at First Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tenn., for a breakout session on Christian nationalism during the Tri‑State CBF Assembly called “TAG”.