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The Bulwark: How Vance and Thiel Get the Antichrist Backwards

What the biblical concept of antichrists warns about is exactly the theological offense Vance and Thiel commit in their ruminations on the Antichrist: They co-opt the empathetic and self-sacrificial vision of the kingdom of God and twist it to mask their own selfish ambitions. They build new authoritarian systems, justify violence and the dehumanization of migrant communities, embrace the way of a conquering empire, and call it gospel.

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The Revealer: The Antidote to Christian Nationalism Is Christian

Perhaps the most important lesson Susan and I learned from our sojourn among these battle-hardened experts was that we need religion to counter religious nationalism. We need theology to counter theology. We need religious authority to counter religious authoritarianism.

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Religion Dispatches: Tucker Carlson Redecorates With Symbol of Violent Spiritual Revolution

EXCLUSIVE: The former Fox News pundit joins a number of other public figures who've embraced the Appeal to Heaven flag.

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Religion Dispatches: Tucker Carlson Redecorates With Symbol of Violent Spiritual Revolution

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Religion News Service: "Once a Beneficent King Cyrus, Trump Has Lately Been Cast as a Biblical Avenger"

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The Bulwark: "How 'Left Behind' Got Left Behind"

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Politico Magazine: "Trump Prophets are in a Frenzy after the Assassination Attempt"

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Sojourners: "Jesus Among the Antichrists"

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The Bulwark: "What the Appeal to Heaven Flag Really Means"

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Religion News Service: "How Trumpism Has Pushed a Fringe Charismatic Theology into the Mainstream" (with Paul Djupe)

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Religion News Service: "The Peril Radicalizing Some Evangelicals Goes Beyond Christian Nationalism"

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Rolling Stone "The Key to Mike Johnson's Extremism Hangs Outside His Office" (with Bradley Onishi)

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The Bulwark: "Mike Johnson, Polite Extremist"

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The Bulwark: "Roger Stone and the Key to Trump's Evangelical Support"

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Religion Dispatches: "Evidence Strongly Suggests Trump was Collaborating with Christian Nationalist Leaders before January 6th" (with Bradley Onishi)

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The Baltimore Sun: "Christian Nationalism Helped Fuel Jan. 6 Insurrection at the Capitol: What's Next?"

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