"Hardline US evangelical nationalists are the modern equivalent of what a memorable 1964 book by Diana Dewar, an expert on children’s religious education, called 'backward Christian soldiers'. As ever, the religious right, like the right in general, is marching furiously in the wrong direction."

~ Simon Tisdall

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/04/donald-trump-iran-war-evangelical-nationalists-moral-world-order-pete-hegseth

As Team Trump wage unceasing war on Iran, evangelical nationalists are destroying any moral world order we once had

The brutalisation of global norms by figures like Pete Hegseth has become a fight against chaos, and all major religions must play a role, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian
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