Roger Olson prophetically critiques White American Christian Nationalism (WACN), sharply distinguishing WACN from spiritually healthy evangelical Christian faith. The separation of WACN from evangelical spirituality is already declared within the evangelical camp itself. There is no need for progressives or liberals to mercilessly attack the evangelicals from the outside. Read more
Progressive Christians Against Christian Nationalism (CACN) are displacing their anger at Donald Trump onto evangelicals by painting evangelicals with the colors of American Christian nationalism (ACN). That is, CACNers blame white evangelicals for Christian nationalism. This is a mistake. Evangelical leaders themselves are anti-ACN. Read more
It is said that Christian nationalists want both to keep church and state separate -- to support religious liberty -- while at the same time establishing Christianity as a priveleged religion. Well, which is it? Christians Against Christian Nationalism keep us confused and off balance here. Read more
Do American Christian nationalists ask our government to advocate Christian values? Just what are those values? Read more
Christians Against Christian Nationalism (CACN) are convinced that American Christian Nationalists (ACN) want the federal government to declare the United States to be a Christian nation. Read more
Progressive Christians Against Christian Nationalism (CACN) are displacing their anger at Donald Trump onto evangelicals by painting evangelicals with the colors of American Christian nationalism (ACN). That is, CACNers blame white evangelicals for ACN. This needs more precise measuring. Read more
God Made Trump Read more
Here I sin boldly by asking the Democratic Party to (1) maintain support for a woman’s access to health care and protect her reproductive rights; (2) add a public concern for the well-being and moral protectability of the unborn child; and (3) encourage state or even federal legislatures to pass creative legislation that that addresses both. Read more
Karen Lebacqz's Christian viewpoint on abortion is illuminating. Stop trying to find the point in a pregnancy when a fetus becomes human, she says. Instead, accept the fact that some women face a crisis and the church community should provide compassionate support. That is the central issue. Read more
Anti-Christian Nationalist Progressives seem to aim their invectives at American Christian Nationalism, but they actually strike pain into evangelical Christians. Even if our evangelical friends strongly denounce Christian nationalism, they still get scapegoated by the progressives. All this is due to anxiety stirred up by Republican Party politics. It's sad that these Christian groups fell for the sucker punch. Read more
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