William Lindsey Dec 6, 2023

As Alan Bean notes, in his new book Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies, David Gushee draws attention to the way in which the reactionary authoritarian Christianity of white Christian nationalism in the US is also manifest in other nations now, including Hungary, Russia, and Brazil.

Binding these disparate national movements together is the following:

#Christianity #reactionary #RightWing #authoritarian #LGBTQ #racism
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https://baptistnews.com/article/a-call-for-immoderate-mediators-david-gushee-defends-democracy-from-its-christian-enemies/

A call for immoderate mediators: David Gushee defends democracy from its Christian enemies   – Baptist News Global

Democracy is described as a species of faith into which citizens must be catechized. Churches could, and should, train people for democratic participation, but almost always fail badly.

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Show threadUairDec 6, 2023

@wdlindsy

I say it's faith itself that's the problem.

https://open.substack.com/pub/poloniousmonk/p/jesus-was-just-a-streetcorner-ranter?r=1xr9v7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Jesus was just a streetcorner ranter

And the Romans were Guillani

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Dec 6, 2023
@poloniousmonk I'm sure a lot of folks would agree with that proposition. I don't, however. I'd say that it's how faith is used and understood that's the problem — not faith itself.
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@wdlindsy

You are entitled to your opinion.

Dec 6, 2023 at 4:40pmWeb
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Dec 6, 2023

@poloniousmonk As you are yours.

You replied to me and I politely responded to you, because that's how I behave.