Reposting on Christian nationalism
And some more posts for my Far-Right Extremism (FRE) collection!
Sharing from a year ago [and no, Substack, I do not want to download the image you made for me to use to advertise my post, nor do I want to turn my post into a video (what part of “English teacher poet word addict gimma a book to read and if I can’t get that I’ll read the cereal box” do you not understand?)!]
The threat has become more than real!
Rec: "The Threat of Christian Nationalism"
The complete report on the PRRI website
RobinAnd here are some additional posts on Substacks specializing in this topic that I should have added to that collection!
I have to say Substack has a lot of great writers on all sorts of topics that are of immediate interest to me both personally and in the context of Tolkien):
The Rise of the New Apostolic Reformation:
In recent years, the fastest growing movement within the Christian world, known as the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), has been reshaping the landscape of American Christianity. This post digs into the origins, beliefs, political influence, and longer term implications of the NAR, as highlighted in Stephanie McCrummen's article, "
The Social Dynamics of Nostalgia
Nostalgia is something I spend a probably abnormal amount of time contemplating. I do mean contemplating, rather than experiencing, even if I do experience some complicated nostalgia as well. One of the main reasons I think so much about the topic is that the engine of authoritarianism runs on weaponized group nostalgia. I understand those dynamics on a…
The GOP Taliban to Women: Shut Up, Sit Down, and Stay Home on Election Days
The Republican Taliban doesn’t want my wife, Louise Hartmann, to vote. And they may well put that desire into law this year.
