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Mar 15, 2024 · Christianity’s place in politics, and ‘Christian nationalism’. Most Americans express support for the principle of separation of church and state. And few say they think the federal government should declare Christianity to be the official religion of the United States.
- Reem Nadeem
The relationship between Christianity and politics is a historically complex subject and a frequent source of disagreement throughout the history of Christianity, as well as in modern politics between the Christian right and Christian left.
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Jul 12, 2021 · When religion and politics mix, things get heated, democracy stalls and the economically and politicalally powerful triumph at its disfunction. Religious commitments are absolute and allow for no compromise or negotiation-strategies necessary for a healthy democratic culture.
Sep 20, 2022 · To be sure, Berkeley scholars said, millions of U.S. Christians reject such politics as contrary to their religious values. But moderate and progressive Christians in recent decades have not joined the culture wars to define America with the same energy as more conservative Christians.
- Tobin Miller Shearer
- End-times rhetoric. End-times rhetoric has long played a prominent role in American politics. In 2016, as presidential candidate Clinton told The New York Times, “As I’ve told people, I’m the the last thing standing between you and the apocalypse.”
- Divine mandate. Since the establishment of the republic, many U.S. political leaders have claimed a divine mandate. God, they asserted, guided the founding of the country’s democratic institutions, ranging from popular elections to the Constitution’s balance of powers.
- White supremacy and Christian nationalism. In the U.S., religious and racial identities have been intertwined from the country’s inception. Although also expressed in more subtle and systemic forms, during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, white supremacists made the most explicit claims of divine favor on the part of white people in general and people of Nordic descent in particular.
Apr 6, 2022 · The Christian right has been intertwined with American conservatism for decades, culminating in the Trump era. And elements of Christian culture have long been present at political rallies....
Oct 28, 2018 · White evangelical Christians are among President Trump’s most important supporters. But more than 40 years ago, they were on the margins of American politics. By Clyde Haberman. Oct. 28, 2018.
