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The Company You Keep

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The Company You Keep is a living resource documenting organizations and individuals with ties to Project 2025 and resistance efforts to Christian Nationalism.

Last update: August 28, 2024

Undercover investigators from the Centre for Climate Reporting recorded a conversation with Russell Vought, a key author of Project 2025 and former appointee as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget under former President Donald Trump.

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“I want to make sure that we can say we are a Christian nation. And my viewpoint is mostly that I would probably be Christian nation-ism. That’s pretty close to Christian nationalism because I also believe in nationalism.”

Despite distancing himself from Project 2025, Donald Trump’s connections to the plan don’t end at Vought. Stephen Miller, head of America First Legal, served as a senior advisor for policy and White House director of speechwriting to President Donald Trump. America First Legal was a member of the Project 2025 advisory board until July.

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing Bibles into public schools. Americans United wrote on Walters’ connections to Project 2025 and Christian Nationalism, including Mary Vought, the wife of Russell Vought.

Much like the 900-page document, the Heritage Foundation’s partners are also publicly available. Here’s Project 2025’s more than 100 partners “in preparation for the next president”. Teddy Wilson is mapping the organizations and individuals behind Project 2025. Find out more here. Wilson previously produced a map of the January 6th Capitol riot. But the public stuff accounts for only phase one of Project 2025, leaving us to wonder and act in advance of the more secretive phase two Vought alluded to.

 

Resistance Resources

Americans United: https://www.au.org/project-2025-toolkit/

The Pluralist Resistance Doc-list

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Looking to keep up with the latest documentary films and podcasts about Christian Nationalism? There is so much creative and insightful content being created about Christian Nationalism, its history, and the real people working to both spread and resist it. We’ve screened it all so you don’t have to. Here are the docs we recommend most. Let us know if you have any suggested additions to the list!

America First hat, God Guns and Trump hat
Source: God & Country film

 

AMERICAN IDOLS

BAD FAITH: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy

CHARISMATIC REVIVAL FURY: The New Apostolic Reformation

GOD AND COUNTRY

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The Pluralist Resistance Twitter List

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Looking to keep up with the latest news on Christian Nationalism? There is so much incredible work being done in the ecosystem of reporting and resistance efforts, our Twitter list is an amazing place to start! It brings together the insights of experts, authors, community leaders, organizations, and more to help you stay informed. Follow us on social media @USDemocracyLab and search our hashtag #PluralistResistance.

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The Pluralist Resistance YouTube Playlist

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As our team works to build a comprehensive database of the groups and leaders combatting (White) Christian Nationalism, we have compiled a YouTube playlist of videos created by those involved in this effort. Many of the videos feature experts on Christian nationalism in the US and discuss how people are working to resist its influence nationally and in local communities. 

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The Pluralist Resistance Syllabus

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As our team begins its work to build a comprehensive database of the groups and leaders combatting (White) Christian Nationalism, we have compiled a list of books that are part of this effort. Some of these have been written by groups and leaders engaged in this work. Others are referenced in public discussions about the dangers of WCN for American democracy and Christianity. Finally, others are academic texts that expand our understanding of the history and current nature of WCN in the US. 

NOTE: This is a working document, and we invite you to submit suggestions for additions to Dr. Ruth Braunstein at ruth.braunstein@uconn.edu.

The Syllabus

(Alphabetical by author last name – last update: June 10, 2024)

Alberta, Tim. 2023. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism. Harper.
Almond, Gabriel A., R. Scott Appleby, and Emmanuel Sivan. 2011. Strong Religion: The Rise of Fundamentalisms around the World. University of Chicago Press.
Boyd, Gregory A. 2007. The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church. Zondervan.

Braunstein, Ruth. 2017. Prophets and Patriots: Faith in Democracy Across the Political Divide. Oakland, California: University of California Press.

Brockschmidt, Annika. 2021. Amerikas Gotteskrieger: Wie Die Religiöse Rechtedie Demokratie Gefährdet. Originalausgabe ed. Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.

Butler, Anthea D. 2021. White Evangelical Racism. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 

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