❌As white evangelical hegemony ended, white Christian nationalist minority rule began.
An audio adaptation of two recent essays.
In the latest episode, I adapt two pieces I’ve recently published here, and add some extemporaneous comments.
The Adapted Essays
As white evangelical hegemony ended, white Christian nationalist minority rule began.
White evangelicals in America have been heavily scrutinized—and rightly so—since the 2016 election cycle. Their widespread support of Trump & Trumpism escorted an unqualified, megalomaniacal, corrupt, amoral real estate “magnate” and reality-tv “star” to the White House.
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There’s been some really interesting and troubling pieces published in the last week. Here are a few. Over at The New York Times, Katherine Stewart wrote an op-ed called “Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next.” An excerpt from her op-ed:
Additional Background
I wrote this last year, and while I still think white evangelicalism has lost sole control of the narrative, it’s becoming immaterial since they still maintain control of so much else.
The End of White Evangelical Hegemony
For decades, white evangelicalism has positioned itself as the apogee of Christianity. This claim was never legitimate, but the media prowess, monied interests, and political clout of white evangelical leaders in the 20th and 21st centuries in America meant that this became the de facto understanding.
Elsewhere, I’ve written that white evangelicalism by and large isn’t really interested in reform.
White Evangelicalism Does Not Want to Be Reformed.
Earlier this week, Tish Harrison Warren published an article for Christianity Today called “The Church Needs Reformation, Not Deconstruction.” It is billed as “a short guide to the exvangelical movement.” While it does not quote from any well-known exvangelical figures, it does link to Brad Onishi’s (disclosure: my friend and fellow
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