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Hegseth is violating Naval Academy’s honor code: "Midshipmen are persons of integrity: They stand for that which is right. They tell the truth & ensure that the truth is known. They do not lie." #Bookbans are a systemic form of lying, both abt the past & present. www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-book-wh...

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-Early estimates are ~30k in Chicago. Not bad. -Organizers didn't seem prepared for that many b/c they asked people to (checks notes) SIGN UP? -Protests in small towns in red states were most heartening. -Many black friends stayed home. I get why, but hope its not permanent. We need them. #handsoff

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Banned books at the US Naval Academy www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-book-wh...

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Just saw my book, “White Too Long” was purged from the US Naval Academy library. Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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@rangemedia.co caught up with Bismark Avornu, who’s lived in the Spokane area for 15 years, where he met his wife and is raising two American children, about his 45 days in a Tacoma processing facility. @aaronhedge.bsky.social favs.news/spokane-migr... #spokane #ice #immigration

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New piece from @tlecaque.bsky.social and I over @religiondispatches.org: Defense Secretary Hegseth’s New ‘Kafir’ Tattoo is the Perfect Encapsulation of Trumpish Foreign Policy: Just when you thought you’d talked enough about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s tattoos for one lifetime,..."

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Indiana friends, I’ll be speaking at St. Mary’s College on Thursday evening, 7pm. Free and open to the public: www.saintmarys.edu/evening-kris...

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Thanks to @religiondispatches.bsky.social for republishing my essay on the fascist eroticization of power in Kristi Noem’s prison video. religiondispatches.org/dont-take-th...

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Highlighting some exciting new releases this week, including title from Munther Isaac, @byjeffchu.com and @angeladenker.bsky.social englewoodreview.org/new-book-rel...

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My report from last week's Notre Dame conference on #ChristianNationalism, with comments from @antheabutler.bsky.social, @kkdumez.bsky.social, @revcalebcampbell.bsky.social, @drewstrait.bsky.social, @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social & more: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/notre-dame...

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We gave a short survey to White Christians & asked them to pick between our govt prioritizing economic prosperity with more immigrants or reducing immigration even if it hurts prosperity. Majorities of White Christian nationalists would tank our economy if it meant preserving the ethnic status quo.

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Wrapping up a profound few days at the “Signs of the Times: Interdisciplinary Responses to Religious Nationalism” conference at Notre Dame. It was a huge privilege to present a paper on the Bible and human security with @kdumez.bsky.social and @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social Onward together!

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My latest for @anabaptistworld.bsky.social. "When Yesenia’s situation became known, the congregation re-repurposed the community house overnight as sanctuary for Yesenia and Junior, who otherwise faced the streets or deportation." anabaptistworld.org/the-sanctuar...

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Digging in. 🦺

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🚨 Last day to register is Monday, March 3!🚨 AMBS is a co-sponsor of this ecumenical, interfaith and interdisciplinary conference, 2025 Catholic Social Tradition Conference: Signs of the Times: Interdisciplinary Responses to Religious Nationalism. Register here: loom.ly/L_FYEPU

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Hey everyone, as you plan ahead this week, mark your calendar for this Tuesday afternoon, March 4th for a free webinar I'll be giving on how Christian nationalism strengthen's plutocracy in the US. Follow the QR code for the zoom link. The listed time is MST so it'll be 3:30-5pm CST, 4:30-6pm EST.

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For anyone who hadn’t noticed: Trump and Vance buried what was left of the transatlantic alliance by berating and trying to humiliate Zelensky today, openly siding with the aggressor Russia. What a shameful, utterly disgraceful display of who these 2 truly align with.

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In light of rude, pro-Putin treatment of Zelenskyy by Trump & Vance in White House, it's important to be clear about who actually started the war & who is actually a dictator: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/russia-ukr...

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77 million voters sold America down the river because they love Donald Trump.

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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

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Nekeisha Alayna Alexis, MA, and Jamie Pitts, PhD, appeared on HomeTown Living to discuss the What Happened at Benham West documentary and the NEW book. ✨ NOW available for pre-order, the book is scheduled for release in June 2025. For more info, visit: iupress.org/978195006623...

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NEW 👏👏👏 Christian nationalism among (only) White Americans predicts greater racial identity salience, believing their racial group has much to be proud of, share much in common & importance for their racial group to work together to change laws unfair to their racial group 👉 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

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Three goons in black literally drag a woman out of a public meeting, nearly pulling her shirt off, while GOP sherirff looks on & GOP official gloats over being “aggressive” with “that little girl.” Nobody admits to knowing who the men are. Under His eye. www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...

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Drew Strait joins us for a conversation about how Christian Nationalism is impacting the American Church and how we can engage those giving themselves over to this movement. @drewstrait.bsky.social

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Insane! Majority of GOPers (69%) support ICE raids in churches, schools & hospitals (including 48% strongly agree). GOP politicians claim they're party of faith but value anti-immigrant policies more. Meanwhile, lots of Christians suing to prevent raids: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/challengin...

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In #Munich, #JDVance lectured #Europeans on #FreeSpeech while at home the administration is banning words

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Biblical scholar @gregcareyphd.bsky.social makes the case that in a time of conspicuous Christian Nationalism, the rest of us need to articulate our most basic Christian values in ways that are affirmative rather than defensive.

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I'm happy to see some of my sabbatical research out in the wild on MAGA's animalization of immigrants, trickle down bigotry, and Jesus' essentialization of the Canaanite woman and gentiles as "dogs" in Matthew 15. The longer version+

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Not good: Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt falsely declaring Democratic leaders are inciting violence and must be held accountable. We’ll see what the fascists actually do, but they’re laying foundation of permission for political arrests.

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The line from @bradleyonishi.bsky.social’s book I can't stop thinking about during the past two weeks of authoritarian chaos is this: "One side has been readying for conflict for sixty years."

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One thing I want my students to know during this fraught political moment is this: You don’t have to have a Substack, a PhD, a podcast, a book contract, a large congregation, and 10k+ followers on Twitter to be a dynamic and effective leader in your community.

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“Government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, and for the oligarchs.” —Abraham Musk

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Folks, Janna Hunter-Bowman and @drewstrait.bsky.social are co-organizing a conference on Christian nationalism, “Signs of the Times: Interdisciplinary Responses to Religious Nationalism,” March 20-22 at the University of Notre Dame. @ambsseminary.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social bit.ly/4jFeWjY

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AMBS is a co-sponsor of the Catholic Social Tradition Conference, Signs of the Times: Interdisciplinary Responses to Religious Nationalism. Learn more and register by February 15! socialconcerns.nd.edu/cst2025

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Nobody is saying the Trump evisceration of the federal government caused the crash. Just that this shows us how vital having functioning regulatory agencies, with expert and experienced personnel, rather than strongman loyalists at the helm, is. And a president who's not a sociopath.

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Major takeaway from one of the world's foremost scholar practitioners of peacebuilding: Don't underestimate the “unnoticed micro-spectacular" things you do to disrupt hate, fear, and toxic polarization (when it's safe to do so).

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This conference is definitely turning into a highlight of my academic journey. Registration deadline for "Signs of the Times: Interdisciplinary Responses to Religious Nationalism" is February 15th. You can find our full slate of keynotes at this link, along with over 50 papers and panels by+

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Looking forward to this! Congregations doing this work of organizing and critical reflection are one of the few things giving me hope during this fraught political moment. If you're within driving distance, feel free to join us! (My talk schedule is in comment below 👇)

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This is the scenario of the religious right's fever dreams: except in their vision the government is about to come after pastors over their religious beliefs (i.e., opposition to marriage equality). They call this imaginary thing--I'm not joking--"the criminalization of Christianity"

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The purpose of the pardon is to claim the violence of January 6 as sacred. That's not hyperbole--the movement frames it in explicitly religio-nationalist terms. It's--as absurd as this sounds--to add 2021 to the mythic chronology of 1776 and D-Day.

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