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Just in time for Election Day, Dr. Steve Simmons gives us a crash course in Christian Nationalism - what it is, why it's dangerous, and how we should respond. Below are some helpful resources Steve offers to help us is in our journey. 

 

Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019) 

Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2021) 

Jim Wallis, Christ in Crisis? Reclaiming Jesus in a Time of Fear, Hate, and Violence (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2020) 

Philip S. Gorski and Samuel Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to Democracy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022)

Family Research Council https://www.frcblog.com/2022/01/religious-freedom-day-biden-administration-failing-uphold-our-first-freedom/

Uncivil Religion:https://christiancentury.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4857105f0936d1dde6abbfa19&id=4eda13f68e&e=b58fb7ee03 (Particularly about the civil insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6)

Religion Dispatches https://religiondispatches.org/ 

Christians Against Christian Nationalism https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/endorsers 

“Honest Patriotism” (approved by the 223d General Assembly, 2018) https://www.presbyterianmission.org/wp-content/uploads/Honest-Patriotism.pdf

The “Jericho March” https://religiondispatches.org/the-freedom-convoy-is-inspired-by-a-biblical-account-of-divine-massacre-welcome-to-the-jericho-march/ 

Faithful America https://faithfulamerica.org/ 

Reclaiming Jesus http://www.reclaimingjesus.org/ 

Vote Common Good  https://www.votecommongood.com/