Mastodawn

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May 1

Now it has shifted to become less focused on America itself and more aligned with a global authoritarianism that is grounded in a violent masculinity."

For more discussion of these themes, see the discussion between Holly Berkley Fletcher and Steven Hassan linked below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22D7c_xxV5M

From Missionary Kid to CIA Analyst: Dissecting the New Colonialism of White Evangelicals

YouTube

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May 1

"As a theologian, as a pastor, I understand Christian nationalism as an idolatry. And what I've seen is that the idol itself has shifted. It's shifted from a backwards sort of patriotic-ish view of America, a lot of iconography of flags, of military insignia, really Norman Rockwell-esque sort of fuzzy white Americana pictures."

~ Lutheran pastor Angela Denker

https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/christian-nationalism-as-heresy-and

Christian Nationalism as Heresy and Threat: A Conversation with Rev. Angela Denker

I was so happy to welcome Rev. Angela Denker of I'm Listening to Dispatches From A Collapsing State. Here, Denker, author of Disciples of White Jesus, and I discuss the recent turn towards Christian Nationalism by the Far Right, as well as the general heresy being used to destroy democracy, oppress women and minorities, and fuel the ongoing rise of fascism.

Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

#women #WhiteChristianNationalism #Catholic #theocracy #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #SexualViolence #SexualAbuse
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"We don’t stop living in a sexually violent world because a bishop is more worried about condoms than the safety and well-being of young adults."

~ Donna Freitas

https://theoverreachmonitor.substack.com/p/donna-freitas-its-actually-not-that

Donna Freitas on Sex and Catholic Campuses

Donna Freitas is an author and scholar of religion whose work focuses on sex, sexual violence, and Catholicism.

The Overreach Monitor: A Catholics for Choice Watchdog

#women #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #theocracy #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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"Though patriarchy often claims a monopoly on rationality and reason, those committed to it will discount the most verifiable, coherent, ordinary story told by a woman and accept any fantastical account by a man, will pretend sexual violence is rare and false accusations common, and so forth."

#women #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #theocracy #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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"The very definition of women under patriarchy is designed to justify inequality, including inequality of credibility."

~ Rebecca Solnit

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/notes-on-violence-and-voice/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter

Notes on Violence and Voice

Here are two short pieces about political violence and sexual violence. The first I wrote yesterday as a social media post that I've revised and improved here. The second is an excerpt from my 2020 book Recollections of My Nonexistence, and it's a meditation on the way that all the

Meditations in an Emergency

#women #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #theocracy #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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"White men will be the leaders. They will be the elected officials."

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"If you look at a study of fundamentalist religion across the world, the one thing all fundamentalist religions have in common is the subjugation of women. Ultimately, the goal is to use God to establish a theocracy that is created in such a way that establishes all benefit part and parcel for white men."

~ Monty Mader

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/deconstructing-white-christian-nationalism

Deconstructing White Christian Nationalism and MAGA's Cosplay Crusaders

Two former Evangelical Christians break down how religion has been hijacked by MAGA to promote white supremacy and is now fueling a Christian Dominionism project at home and abroad.

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali

Apr 27

"That’s the thing about power: it thrives on being the ‘default.’ Unseen, unquestioned and just, there. However, once you identify and name it, the system loses its status as the natural order of things and becomes an object."

#patriarchy #feminism #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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