politics

Christian Nationalist Reality Check #2: Five Ways Religion Is Being Used to Manipulate Politics

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Part of an ongoing series examining how religious language is used in modern politics. This is the second part of what will be a weekly series, you can find the initial posting here … https://medium.com/theocracy-watch/when-politics-gets-called-demonic-1d6707fae817 A rising strain of political rhetoric within segments of American Christianity now frames right wing politics as divinely ordained. The … Read more

When Religion Becomes a Political Weapon: What the New PRRI Data Reveals

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A new survey reveals that religion is being weaponised and fused into Republican politics. This will greatly harm both democracy and also sincere faith. First I’ll cover off some of the deeply shocking insights that the survey reveals, and then I’ll tell you what I’ll be doing to push back against it. The core issue is … Read more

When Politics Gets Called “Demonic”

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Christian Nationalist Reality Check — Issue #1 This is the first part of what will be a weekly series. There is a rising strain of political rhetoric within segments of American Christianity that frames ordinary policy disagreements as spiritual warfare. Political opponents are no longer described as mistaken or misguided, they are described as demonic, … Read more