To understand how power is wielded in America by wealthy politicians and
their coteries of extremists in 2020, you have to consider the role of
religion in our national life. An epic battle for the Bible is now
underway in a country that has been largely ceded towhite evangelical
<https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/july-august/christian-nationalist-temptation-america-white-evangelical.html>Christian
nationalists. Through a well-funded network of churches and nonprofits,
universities, and think tanks, and with direct lines to the nation’s
highestpolitical officials
<https://religionandpolitics.org/2020/07/07/the-price-of-white-evangelical-patriarchy/>,
they’ve had carte-blanche to set the terms of what passes for religious
debate in this country and dictate what morality even means in our society.
Under Trump, such religious nationalism has reached a fever pitch as a
reactionary movement that includes technocratic billionaires,
televangelists, and armed militias has taken root with asimple enough
message
<https://www.amazon.com/God-Country-Christian-Case-Trump/dp/1684510570>:
God loves white Christian America, favors small government and big
business, and rewards individualism and entrepreneurship. Meanwhile, the
poor, people of color, and immigrants are blamed for society’s problems
even as the rich get richer in what’s still the wealthiest country in
the history of the world.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176754/
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