Key Takeaways From Dr. David Brockman’s Work on Christian Nationalism in Texas
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Dr. David Brockman explains how amateur historian David Barton https://religiondispatches.org/new-study-of-christian-nationalism-in-texas-should-be-a-warning-for-the-whole-country/
Dr. Brockman, a religious studies scholar and Christian theologian, wrote an article for the Religion Dispatches entitled ‘New Study of Christian Nationalism in Texas Should Be a Warning for the Whole Country’ that details the influence of Christian nationalism in Texas. We discuss the various key players in our home state like David Barton and the Wilks brothers. We look at how they influence policy creation in Texas and the ways they exert power through money. We point out how Christian nationalism calls itself Christianity but has few ties to compassionate spirituality and is more aligned with exclusionary ideology. We conclude by urgently discussing the dog whistles employed by Christian nationalists and link their rhetoric, which is often based in disinformation, to deadly violence.
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