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.

Baptist News Global
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Dec 6, 2023

"A single theme emerges from Gushee’s nation studies: the vilification of the LGBTQ community. 'It is a strategy of evoking disgust for a group of vulnerable people,' he laments, 'and then leveraging that disgust to gain political power.' ...

From the advent of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2015, we have witnessed a new anti-democratic militancy on the right featuring an adamant rejection of gay rights and of the need for racial justice."

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Show threadJohn LuskDec 6, 2023

@wdlindsy

«'It is a strategy of evoking disgust for a group of vulnerable people,' he laments, 'and then leveraging that disgust to gain political power.'»

Bingo.

Not sure I'd use the word "laments", though, but I haven't read the linked article.

Show threadWilliam Lindsey 
@tarheel Yes, that describes the dynamic — and the political intention — well, it seems to me.
Dec 6, 2023 at 4:58pmWeb