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If you have followed political news at all over the last few years, then you've heard a lot about "Christian nationalism." Mark Hall's new book gives a clear-eyed assessment and evaluation of the size, scope, and significance of Christian nationalism, offering a corrective both to breathless critics and to pugnacious advocates. https://lnkd.in/e-kR8qie

Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) : WTL Conversations [S4E2]: #My #Conversation #with #Rev. #Jim #Wallis #about #His #Forthcoming #bookkeepingservices , #The #False #White #Gospel #RobertPJones #PRRI "A #call #to #reject #Christian #nationalism, reclaim true faith, and re-found democracy."

This is the first in a series on measuring Christian nationalism, getting much mor specific about who is saying what about whom. Gotta get behind the smoke to the real fire. Measuring Christian Nationalism, Part 0 https://lnkd.in/gcSV8fQJ

On this day in Christian history, Huang Guangcai died in Shanghai. Before his death, he was the first Chinese deacon and the first Chinese clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church in China. Read more about today in Christian History. https://lnkd.in/dKMkqVY5 Please share❤️ #thenewmanng #christianblogging #christianhistory #christianblogger

JMC faculty partner Mark David Hall has recently released a book about Christian nationalism in America titled Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church. Order the book today! #newbook #newbookrelease #newbookalert #americanhistory #civiceducation

From a Christian World Community to a Christian America: Ecumenical Protestant Internationalism as a Source of Christian Nationalist Renewal - OA PDF: https://lnkd.in/giAsrJPn Christian nationalism in the United States has neither been singular nor stable. The country has seen several Christian nationalist ventures come and go throughout its history. Historians are currently busy documenting the plurality of Christian nationalisms, understanding them more as deliberate projects rather than as components of a suprahistorical secularization process. This essay joins in that work. Its focus is the World War II and early Cold War era, one of the heydays of Christian nationalist enthusiasm in America—and the one that shaped our ongoing culture wars between “evangelical” conservatives and “godless” liberals. One forgotten and admittedly paradoxical pathway to wartime Christian nationalism was the world ecumenical movement (“ecumenical” here meaning intra-Protestant). Protestant ecumenism curated the transformation of 1920s and 1930s Christian internationalism into wartime Christian Americanism. They involved many political and intellectual elites along the way. In pioneering many of the geopolitical concerns of Cold War evangelicals, ecumenical Protestants aided and abetted the Christian conservative ascendancy that wields power even into the present. #ChristianNationalism; #Protestantism; #evangelicalism; #ecumenicalmovement #ChristianAmerica #nationalism #religion

From Friendly to Foe: Christianity's Cultural Shift in America "Christians in America once lived in a positive world where to be a Christian was ultimately beneficial." --Tim Alberta Explore the transformation of American culture as Christian ideals face growing hostility. In this video, we discuss the implications for believers and the challenges posed by institutions and societal norms. Join the conversation about preserving faith in a changing world. #Christianity #CulturalShift #AmericanCulture #FaithInSociety #ChristianIdeals #SocietalChange #ReligiousFreedom #ChurchAndState #SpiritualChallenges #CommunityFaith

White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy  - PDF: https://lnkd.in/gXenrNjx  The most radical partisans of WCN, and the tip of the spear on the religious right today are the loose networks of “independent charismatics” known as the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). Their radical political theology is fundamentally incompatible with American liberal democracy. Its three core tenets are “spiritual warfare”, “seven mountains” and “kingdom now.” Followers of the NAR believes that they are engaged in an ongoing battle between the forces of good and evil, all around us, all the time; that people and places can be, and often are, possessed by demonic forces; and that Christians must join the battle and deploy “spiritual weapons”, and maybe physical ones, too. They also believe that modern societies are comprised of “seven mountains” of influence (business, media, education, government, religion, family, and the arts); and that Christians are commanded to take control over each mountain, by whatever means necessary. Finally, they believe that the Second Coming of Christ will commence once the seven mountains are under their control; that “end times” are imminent, and that Christians can bring them about through political action. Needless to say, this reduces democratic politics to a mere means to authoritarian ends. #whitenationalism #christiannationalism #SecondComing #NewApostolicReformation #spiritualwarfare #charismatics

Do our churches breed racism? Does American Christianity conquer or empower racism? Research says that Christians are less motivated than non-Christians to address structural racism and those that attend church are twice as likely as those that don't, to believe racist narratives. https://lnkd.in/g73WR3ZY We didn't get here by chance. Evangelicalism’s decision to avoid racial discipleship issues for the sake of church growth led to perpetuating segregated communities, racial disparities, racial hierarchies within the church and a flawed theology that now makes it difficult for evangelicals to discuss and solve racial issues. https://lnkd.in/gVBHnjdX But it started with the Second Great Awakening. American slavery had an influence on America developing a flawed theology. https://lnkd.in/g4Msad_x This essay discusses three theological flaws that have crept into the White Evangelical movement. https://lnkd.in/guTzn5a8 Biblical unity is not about ensuring that white congregants remain comfortable. https://lnkd.in/g-7nC6mj