"There’s perhaps no better way to understand the contemporary anti-liberal project than as a return to the pre-liberal trauma of the wars of religion, in the worst of which a third of the population was killed. And there may be no better way to illuminate the liberal project conservatives wish to destroy than by recalling how it emerged out of healing from that trauma."
~ Paul Henry Rosenberg
#religion #authoritarianism #violence #ChristianNationalism
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liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war…
Trump's War on Christmas Is a War on Liberalism
After decades of make-believe, the Trump administration is promising an actual war on Christmas that would traumatize religious communities with armed state power.Paul Henry Rosenberg (Liberal Currents)
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"An ethnocentric politics legitimising xenophobia, cultural exclusivism and indiscriminate deportations is fundamentally unchristian, as the late Pope Francis repeatedly underlined. ...
In its various guises, the contemporary far right is seeking to transform Christianity into a vehicle for cultural and ethnic supremacism, exploiting and corrupting desires for meaning and belonging."
~ The Guardian
#religion #authoritarianism #violence #ChristianNationalism #Trump
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The Guardian view on far-right perversions of the Christmas message: promoting a gospel of hate
Editorial (The Guardian)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"In Donald Trump’s America and Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, this project has furnished a spurious religious underpinning to a politics of authoritarian power and exclusion.
Nothing could be further from the spirit of St Paul when he asserts: 'There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.'”
#religion #authoritarianism #violence #ChristianNationalism #Trump
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The moral collapse that we have witnessed under the Trump regime has been excruciating, outrageous, and exhausting. The damage is real, and it demands mourning, accountability, and work toward a viable alternative. But this level of collapse also reveals the possibility for a Third Reconstruction."
~ William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
#religion #authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism #Trump
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ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/…
The Moral Collapse of MAGA
William J. Barber, II (Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Now is the time to build the movement that not only says, 'No' to extremism but also says, 'Yes' to the work of building a political economy where everyone can thrive.
This week offers more concrete evidence that we can build a moral fusion coalition for that work anywhere."
#religion #authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism #Trump
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Churches in England are trying to save Christmas from Christian Nationalists. Far-right Islamophobic political activist Tommy Robinson is planning a rally in London on Saturday called 'Putting the Christ Back into Christmas.'”
~ Brian Kaylor
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p…
#religion #authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism #Trump #TommyRobinson #CharlieKirk #SteveBannon #ElonMusk
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Weekly Roundup: Dec. 12
Word&Way (A Public Witness)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Robinson, who is affiliated with the U.K. branch of Charlie Kirk’s political organization Turning Point, has been supported in previous efforts by far-right figures like Steve Bannon and Elon Musk.
The Church of England responded to Robinson’s planned rally with a poster campaign featuring an immigrant holy family in a bus stop and phrases like 'Christ has always been in Christmas,' 'Christmas started with love,' and 'Outsiders welcome.'”
#ChristianNationalism #Trump #TommyRobinson
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Amid immigration raids in Louisiana, dozens gathered at a New Orleans church for a candlelight vigil, praying for both those detained and for law enforcement officials.
The Dec. 9 service was held at Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans, located on the campus of Loyola University.
Jesuit Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, the parish's pastor, welcomed attendees to the 'solemn occasion' of prayer 'for refugees and immigrants.'"
~ Gina Christian
#immigrants #churches #ICE
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ncronline.org/news/new-orleans…
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"AN OFFICIAL U.S. MILITARY social media account on Monday shared a photo collage that included a symbol long affiliated with extremist groups — and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
In a post on X trumpeting the deployment of troops to the Caribbean, U.S. Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, shared an image that prominently displayed a so-called Jerusalem cross on the helmet of a masked commando."
~ Noah Hurowitz
#Hegseth #ChristianNationalism #WarCrimes #murder
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theintercept.com/2025/12/09/cr…
Official Propaganda for Caribbean Military Buildup Includes “Crusader Cross”
Noah Hurowitz (The Intercept)