“We are all soldiers in the Third World War, and people do not make love in wartime.” Former United States Congressman Larry McDonald https://twitter.com/UniShefAH/status/1635244997477007360?s=20 My next book, No Love in War: A Story of Christian Nationalism (forthcoming, Mayfly Books), is an auto-ethnographic account of the everyday – and often violent - realities of life without … Continue reading No Love in War: A Story of Christian Nationalism
Category: religious nationalism
The Brexit Religion and the Holy Grail of the NHS (Kettell & Kerr, 2021)
I've just come across a recent article by Steven Kettell and Peter Kerr on the use of religious discourses in the context of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. I'll be talking about this paper with my religious langauge students this morning, since we are discussing this image from my recent book. Here … Continue reading The Brexit Religion and the Holy Grail of the NHS (Kettell & Kerr, 2021)
“Simply biblical”: The sacred us vs. them narrative in Cru’s anti-CRT publication
This is my second post on the recent Campus Crusade aka Cru anti-CRT publication, written by around 65 Cru staff members and leaders, representing the views of at least 350 Cru staff. I first came across this Cru document after some light digging revealed that Cru leaders were requiring staff to sign NDAs, sometimes in … Continue reading “Simply biblical”: The sacred us vs. them narrative in Cru’s anti-CRT publication
QAnon, Christian apocalypticism and the threat to US Democracy
Dr. Helen Paynter and I have written a post on Christian white supremacy, for the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Here is a short excerpt. Visit CSBV for our full analysis and discussion. ... in this post we’ll discuss some of the ways members of a movement like white supremacist nationalism can co-opt religious … Continue reading QAnon, Christian apocalypticism and the threat to US Democracy
Archaic Language and Religious Nationalism
It seems an overly obvious move to write about the religous language of the American author, speaker, and conservative radio host Eric Metaxas. I feel kindof gross about it, actually. The man is so over the top in his religious language behaviour that it doesn't seem particularly interesting or worthy of much discussion really. https://twitter.com/ericmetaxas/status/1310092235845894145 … Continue reading Archaic Language and Religious Nationalism
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