If you are in the USA and you only read one article today, make it this one. It is rare to see the media take on the danger of #ChristianNationalism this directly!

As Trump support merges with Christian nationalism, experts warn of extremist risks
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/03/07/trump-christian-nationalism-extremist-threat/72869355007/

Here are just a few selected quotes:

"What Trump is doing goes far beyond former presidents’ embrace of evangelicalism or public statements about faith, Kaylor and several other experts said. It even goes beyond the campaigns of famous televangelists and faith leaders, whose goal was always to bring new followers into the fold of established churches.

Instead, Trump has been derisive about “mainstream churches” Kaylor said. In the MAGA church, the main purpose isn’t to direct the flock toward traditional doctrine, it is to paint Trump, himself, as the only person capable of “saving” Christianity, he said.

“They’ll talk about the 'Deep Church,’ not just the ‘Deep state,’ and they’ll criticize pastors who aren’t preaching the cause of Trump,” Kaylor said."

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"Whitney Phillips, a University of Oregon professor and co-author of a forthcoming book “The Shadow Gospel,” cautioned that some people who are labeled Christian nationalists should more accurately be described as “demonologists.” This faction of the far-right, which views liberals as satanic and demonic, represents a radical and dangerous movement that shouldn’t really be described as Christian, Phillips said."

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"“They’re using language that’s meant to be about Jesus and scripture and applying it also to Trump,” Kaylor said. “Historically orthodox Christianity would call that blasphemy.”

#Trump #Jesus #Christofascists #Christofascism #Christianity #Christian #MAGAts #GOP #republicans #religiousfascism #religiousfreedom #religion #church

Amazing when "religious freedom" hits a brick wall when the religion isn't white Christianity.

ACLU demands Kansas school change policy that allegedly forced Native American child to cut his hair
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aclu-demands-kansas-school-change-policy-allegedly-forced-native-ameri-rcna125895 #Christiannationalism #christofacism #whitesupremacy #nativeamericans #religiousfascism #religiousfreedom

A Prayer, Chant and Protest Song: Faith Communities Must Resist Their #Extremists

by Sunita Viswanath, 30/Oct/2023

"It has been 23 days since the #Hamas attack that took at least 1300 #Jewish lives, and since then, more than 8,000 #Palestinian lives have been taken by #Israeli bombs. Half of them are children. The United States, along with many world powers, have given #Israel their blessing to 'defend' themselves against Hamas by bombing Palestinian civilians indiscriminately.

"In fact, the blessing of the #US has come in the form of over $ 3.3 billion a year ($ 370 billion dollars since 1948.

"The US is now proposing to send $ 14.3 billion more in military aid.

"I am a #Hindu American living in New York City, and my husband Stephan Shaw is a #JewishAmerican. We are active in Jewish Voice For Peace and Hindus For #HumanRights, both activating faith communities to take on their respective extremists. While we see an increasing alignment of #WhiteNationalism in the United States, #Zionism in Israel, and #Hindutva in the Indian context, my husband and I are part of inclusive movements of people working together in diverse coalitions for justice for all.

"One of the chants that echoed through Grand Central Station was, 'Never again for anyone, never again is now.' This, for us, is the most basic lesson of the Holocaust that many Jews seem to have forgotten.

"My pain as a #Hindu has been that Hinduism has been hijacked by #HinduSupremacists, led by the likes of #NarendraModi and #Adityanath. They are entrenching the Hindu community in #India and abroad with a false sense of victimhood and danger from our #Muslim siblings, and increasing #Islamophobic sentiment. Under the current regime, India is being transformed into a Hindu rashtra (nation) where Muslims and other religious minorities are neither welcome nor safe. Protesting with thousands of Jews calling for a ceasefire in #Gaza made me dream of a day when thousands – or even hundreds – of Hindus will gather to say ‘not in my name’ to violence committed by Hindu #supremacists."

Full article:
https://thewire.in/world/palestine-israel-zionism-hindutva

#JVP #JewishVoiceForPeace #HindusForHumanRights #ReligiousExtremism #ReligiousFascism #IsraelPalestineConflict