Weekly Round-Up

News Weekly Round-Up, April 22nd – 26th

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MoD News Roundup April 22 – April 26 2024

The Weekly Roundup is a student-led initiative of the Meanings of Democracy Lab highlighting the latest news about Christian Nationalism and resistance to it.

CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN THE NEWS

  • TheHumanist: New documentary, “Bad Faith” shows foundations and dangers of Christian Nationalism
  • Post: More on Trump’s threat to American Democracy
  • MSN: Documents reveal inner workings of Claremont Institute, a Christian nationalist and MAGA supporting org
  • TuftsDaily: Trump on selling bibles and the influence he has on Christian Nationalists.
  • BismarckTribune: the dangers of CN, what it is, and who opposes it
  • Christian Post: New Poll on Southern Baptist Church Goers and Their Opinions on Christian Nationalism
  • WXII12: Nonprofit Organization Faith Forward Warn about the Influence of Christian Nationalism on Upcoming Election
  • Midland Daily News: Rev. Canon Dr. Lauren R. Stanley Calls Out Trump for Perverting God Through Christian Nationalism

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News Weekly Round-Up, April 15th – 19th

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News Weekly Round-Up, April 15th – 19th, 2024.

The Weekly Roundup is a student-led initiative of the Meanings of Democracy Lab highlighting the latest news about Christian Nationalism and resistance to it.

CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN THE NEWS
  • SaltLakeCityTribune: Pat Bagley Christian Nationalism Cartoon
  • ChristianPost: Scholar with Family Research Council (FRC) criticizes New Haven Declaration
  • TheHumanist: National Day of Reason is on May 4th, continues America’s original efforts towards a secular democracy
  • The Conversation: Comparison to Reagan’s religious references in office to Trump’s Christian Nationalism Strategies
  • Julie Roys: Southern Baptists are pulling away from the idea of a Christian Nation
  • Baptist News: More reporting on the results from a new Lifeway Research survey on faith and politics relating to Southern Baptists and Christian Nationalism
  • ReligionUnplugged: Education on CN is dire; learning how CN fuels things like churches and the January 6th riot. 
  • AnaBaptistWorld: At Yale, Christian pastors sign a declaration opposing religious nationalism ahead of the 2024 election. 
  • EBar: A gay Baptist minister helps in the fight against CN that seeks to exclude LGBTQ people.
  • AmericansUnited: Summit for Religious Freedom calls out CN as a threat

Check out last week’s round-up!

    News Weekly Round-up April 8th-12th

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    News Weekly Round-Up, April 8th – 12th, 2024.

    The Weekly Roundup is a student-led initiative of the Meanings of Democracy Lab highlighting the latest news about Christian Nationalism and resistance to it.

    CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN THE NEWS

    • SaltLakeTribune: Trump endorses “God Bless the USA Bible,” a book that combines the King James Version w/ US Constitution and Declaration of Independence
    • JulieRoys: Yale Christian Pastor signs Declaration opposing religious nationalism
    • BaptistNews: Being able to identify the warning signs of Christian Nationalism, as opposed to White evangelicalism
    • NBC24: Michael Flynn, former Trump insider, is using harmful Christian Nationalist rhetoric to describe American politics
    • ChristianPost: Interview with Jonathan Falwell weighs in on “good” vs “bad” Christian Nationalism
    • ChristianPost: A group of self-described ‘religious leaders’ denounces ‘religious nationalism’ by signing a declaration at the Yale Divinity School’s Center for Public Theology and Policy
    • ReligionUnplugged: Religious and political leaders across the spectrum warn against Christian Nationalism and its involvement in politics and Trumpism
    • TheNation: Faith leaders sign “New Haven Declaration” which is a call to reject Christian Nationalism
    • FaV: Expressing the serious ramifications of a Christian nationalist state and the statistics that say we are leaning that way

      News Weekly Round-up April 1st-5th

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      News Weekly Round-Up, April 1st – 5th, 2024.

      The Weekly Roundup is a student-led initiative of the Meanings of Democracy Lab highlighting the latest news about Christian Nationalism and resistance to it.

      CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN THE NEWS

      • MotherJones: Steve and Tracy Slepcevic, far-right extremists tied to Christian Nationalists and QAnoners, hosted a fundraiser for independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

      • BostonGlobe: Trump launches his campaign targeted at Christian Nationalists to “Make America Pray Again”

      • Variety: “The followers of Christian Nationalism want a theocracy. Stephen Ujlaki and Christopher Jacob Jones’s chilling film suggests that another Trump presidency could help them get it.”
      • CNN: Politics of religion – Trump “flirting” with Christian Nationalism and Biden criticized for being a “cafeteria Catholic”
      • Beacon: New book by Robert P. Jones exposes disturbing links to Christian Nationalism and White Supremacy
      • WashingtonTimes: ‘Christ is King’ slogan is being hijacked by the alt-right
      • Truthout: The Poor People’s campaign is working to give poverty a seat in politics, with an emphasis on religion in their work and fighting Christian nationalism
      • MSNBC: Morning Joe interview with Jim Wallis to discuss new book on rejecting Christian Nationalism
      • MSNBC: Trump criticized for getting too wrapped into a Christian Nationalist shtick