Christian conservatism and Christian realism vs. Christian nationalism

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“Sometimes the target of these critics of Christian nationalism are folk religionists who conflate God and country….These folk religionists typically aren’t aware they are Christian nationalists…. The self-identified Christian nationalists have an agenda that fulfills the worst nightmares of many secular progressives.” - Mark Tooley

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Five faith facts about Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance

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“Vance is tied to an ideology known as ‘Catholic integralism,’ an intellectual movement that, experts say, prefers a “soft power” approach to exerting Christian influence over society. Thinkers in the movement herald the importance of a Christian “strategic adviser” to people in power.” - RNS

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The second coming of Doug Wilson

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“Last month, onetime Fox News host Tucker Carlson sat in his cabin-like studio and introduced a bearded, 70-year-old Idaho pastor named Doug Wilson as the person ‘most closely identified’ with Christian nationalism, calling him one of the ‘rare’ clergy ‘willing to engage on questions of culture and politics.’” - RNS

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Russian Orthodox Church leader declares Ukraine invasion a ‘holy war'

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“The World Russian People’s Council, led by Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill… frames the war as a key moment in Russia’s battle against the ‘criminal Kiev regime’ and Western ‘Satanism,’ calling it a ‘special mlitary operation.’” - CPost

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