#1601 Christian Nationalism is not Christianity, it is Fascism
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🗓️ 2 January 2024
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Summary
Air Date 1/2/2024
Trump's greatest impact has been to bring the fringes of the conservative movement into the center and, by strongly courting the Evangelical Christian vote, helped accelerate the Christian Nationalist movement to merge religion with patriotism
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: A Threat to Church and State - Confronting Christian Nationalism - Air Date 9-9-23
In this episode, we’ll hear from experts, authors, and theologians who will help articulate what Christian Nationalism is, what it’s not, and why it’s a a threat to both the church and democracy.
Ch. 2: How Trump Is Dividing The Evangelical Church - Fresh Air - Air Date 11-29-23
Journalist Tim Alberta grew up in a conservative, republican, evangelical church, where his father was the pastor. He wanted to know why so many evangelical Christians had become extremists, and ardent supporters of Trump.
Ch. 3: How Trump Has Transformed Evangelicals - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 12-14-23
How did evangelical Christians shift from being reluctant supporters of Trump to among his most passionate defenders? How did some evangelicals, historically suspicious of politicians, develop a “fanatical cult-like attachment” to Donald Trump?
Ch. 4: Will MAGA Mike Inflict a Religious Crusade on America? - The Hartmann Report - Air Date 11-2-23
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is closely tied to Christian groups that want to make America a theocracy. So why does he support policies that are so contrary to Christ's teachings? Plus - Handmaiden Tale Alert!
In an interview with Kristen Welker on Meet the Press, author and writer Tim Alberta discusses the role of white evangelical Christians in building support for Donald Trump’s presidency and the “uneasy alliance” the community established with him.
Jeff Sharlet has spent two decades covering the intersection of extreme Christian nationalism and the far-right. In his new book, Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, he gives snapshots of a country rapidly devolving into a Christian fascist state.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
As the 2024 presidential election campaign heats up, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is escalating his racist rhetoric, repeatedly saying in recent days that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” drawing comparisons to Hitler.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 9: Final comments on the idolatry at the heart of Christian Nationalism
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast in which we will |
| 0:07.0 | look at Trump's greatest impact, that of bringing the fringes of the conservative |
| 0:11.4 | movement into the center and by strongly courting the the Merge religion with patriotism. |
| 0:22.6 | Sources today include confronting Christian nationalism, |
| 0:26.4 | a little on the nose there, |
| 0:28.0 | fresh air, radio Atlantic, the Hartman report, |
| 0:32.0 | meet the press, and the Chris Hedges Report with additional |
| 0:35.5 | Members Only clips from the Benjamin Dixon Show and Democracy Now. We should have a common understanding about what we're talking about as far as Christian |
| 0:48.9 | nationalism goes and I'm going to point to the statement that's available at Christians against Christian nationalism.org. |
| 0:56.8 | You know, the work that we did back in 2019 was about providing an advocacy platform for people who were interested in learning more and for taking a public stand and that the centerpiece of the |
| 1:09.5 | Project is a statement and in the statement itself we define Christian nationalism as a political ideology that seeks to merge our identities as Americans and Christians. |
| 1:22.0 | So a few things here. You know one we are as Americans and Christians. |
| 1:22.8 | So a few things here. |
| 1:24.2 | One, we are specifically talking |
| 1:26.7 | in the American context. |
| 1:28.5 | This is something that comes up. |
| 1:30.0 | This is not particular to the United States, but in our work we are really focusing on the |
| 1:38.0 | American expression of Christian nationalism and so we talk explicitly about American and Christian identities. |
| 1:45.6 | But we also want to distinguish that Christian nationalism is not |
| 1:49.7 | Christianity. Christian nationalism is a political ideology. |
| 1:54.4 | Christianity is sort of religion. |
| 1:56.7 | That said, you can't totally divorce Christianity out. |
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