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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

1 year

My latest @Salon "Unfriending" America: The Christian right is coming for the enemies of God" People like you and me.

Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me

Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for "kingdom revolution" led by an "army of believers"

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

11 months

🧵Speaker Mike Johnson is a creature of the Christian Right who launched his political career at meeting of evangelical pastors convened by the Family Research Council in 2015.

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Frederick Clarkson

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Anyone left a little baffled about the New Apostolic Reformation after reading the NYT's story about Justice Alito flying the battle flag of the NAR, may find relief in A Reporters Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, by André Gagné & me. @RDispatches

A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

The story of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) lives at the epicenter of the intersection of politics and religion in the US—and reporting about it is as essential as it is challenging. The story...

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@JeffSharlet Let's defend libraries as if democracy itself depends on them.

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The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is getting attention from journalists who have not encountered it before. Fortunately, @andre_gagne1 and I created a 3 part Reporters Guide to NAR for this very moment. @RDispatches Start here:

Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic...

While the Christian Right has been an increasingly powerful factor in American politics for decades, it has benefited from a strangely persistent culture of denialism. We needn’t review the number of...

religiondispatches.org

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

4 months

Here is a story on a sophisticated effort by the Christian Right to target 19 counties in swing states with an aim to increase the evangelical vote, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities.

Where’s Wallnau? A NAR Apostle Takes Aim at Swing Counties in 'The Battle for the Mountain of...

Just as they prophesied Trump's victory and collaborated in the 2020 attempted coup, the Trump wing of the New Apostolic Reformation is on the offensive once again, waging a campaign in counties they...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

3 months

Reporters: There is so more to the story behind the Appeal to Heaven flag than is generally being told. It may be that Alito was signaling support for J6. But it could also mean signaling a relationship with the New Apostolic Reformation. Or both.

A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

The story of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) lives at the epicenter of the intersection of politics and religion in the US—and reporting about it is as essential as it is challenging. The story...

religiondispatches.org

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

1 year

My recent investigation @Salon , of conference calls organized by Clay Nash, a leading Apostle of the New Apostolic Reformation may have been too hot to handle -- because Nash has taken the calls and transcripts down. But...

Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me

Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for "kingdom revolution" led by an "army of believers"

www.salon.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

2 years

So much reporting completely ignores the actual religiously informed political views of candidates like Doug Mastriano, leaders like Micheal Flynn, and the groups that support them. Calling them "extremists" is just not good enough.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

2 years

Unsuccessful PA gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano now leads a Christian Right political movement beyond his campaign. He wants his followers to run for school board, town councils & GOP county committees. Here is a preview of what school boards may be like if they win.

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A hard-right faction took control of the 4th-largest school district in South Carolina last night and immediately got to work smashing anything that wasn’t nailed to the floor. I took notes so you can be prepared when they come for your schools.

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Frederick Clarkson

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3 months

I'm gratified that the New Apostolic Reformation is beginning to get the kind of attention it merits as the cutting edge of the Christian Right & the Trump campaign. So I thought I'd reprise a piece I wrote about a year ago @Salon .

Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me

Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for "kingdom revolution" led by an "army of believers"

www.salon.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

8 years

Colloquialism aside, Trump was not in a locker room, but talking with an "Access Hollywood" reporter, camera rolling & microphone on.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

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"The Violent Implications of the “Jezebel” Attacks on Kamala Harris" is an Important discussion of the New Apostolic Reformation and the politics of demons by @melissagira @NewRepublic

The Violent Implications of the “Jezebel” Attacks on Kamala Harris

Calling Black women “Jezebel” has a long, racist history. But as a recent video shows, it also has a more modern meaning among Christian nationalists.

newrepublic.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

4 years

@HC_Richardson In that case, is he automatically no longer acting director after 210 days, lacking the legal standing to hold the office?

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

1 year

When there are book bannings, book burnings are not far behind. German playwright Heinrich Heine famously observed in his 1821 play Almansor, “Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.”

Book Bannings Are Bad Enough, But Where Those Involved Are Considered Demonic, the Stakes Could Get...

Calls for, or at least predictions of, revolution or civil war have been common on the religious and political Right for decades. This has been particularly so among leaders of the Christian reviva...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

2 years

"We haven’t paid enough attention to the role of right-wing Christian nationalism in driving Trump’s effort to destroy our political order, and in the abandonment of democracy among some on the right more broadly." Pls follow those of us who have been paying attention for years.

Greg Sargent

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The Ginni Thomas texts with Meadows also rip the lid off another big story: The hidden role of Christian nationalism in Trump's coup effort. Their talk about Jesus delivering the election for Trump invoked right wing tropes that deserve way more attention:

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

10 months

🧵 Cracks on the road to Christian Dominion. The Oklahoma-based "City Elders" group talks big about political takeover. How much of that is smoke and mirrors? My latest @Salon

Secretive Christian-right group City Elders: Mostly smoke and mirrors?

Oklahoma-based "City Elders" group talks big about political takeover. How much of that is smoke and mirrors?

www.salon.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

7 years

International Policy Digest asks me about the Christian Right, Religious Left, Donald Trump & Religious Freedom

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

10 months

There is an emerging political project of the New Apostolic Reformation called City Elders. It seeks to create county level theocratic power brokers. The Virginia chapter was well exposed by @A__Campbell at going into the elections

City Elders: National Dominionist Group Puts Down Roots In The Valley

Every week, in counties across the Valley, chapters of an organization called the City Elders gather together in churches, public libraries and cafes. They pray and have local leaders speak.

www.dnronline.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

5 years

I don't think its an overstatement to say that the Netflix doc, The Family based on books by @JeffSharlet is not just film but an event in the history of Christianity & the US. Peter Laarman, @RDispatches @Rewire_News , notes it was not well promoted.

Almost-Blockbuster Netflix Series 'The Family' Exposes a Christian Network Whose God Is Power

Homophobia, misogyny, and contempt for the poor are so very much taken for granted and accepted as "Christian" within The Family that its principals are able to say, with a perfectly straight face,...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

3 years

Welcome new followers! You'll be interested in these 2 major articles of a 3 part series on the Dominionist war on abortion, featuring the role of the New Apostolic Reformation -- by @ashtonpittman @MSFreePress Part 1 Part 2

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

8 months

This 🧵by @LancPAExaminer (please follow!) includes links to most of my work over the last year or so -- as well as other important stories. Taken together, they provide a remarkable picture of what the Christian Right is up to in PA and beyond.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

6 months

Its refreshing to see progressive & MSM outlets baby step towards reporting on the New Apostolic Reformation via Chief Justice Tom Parker of the AL Supreme Court's support for the 7 Mountain Mandate. For more on Parker & NAR see my investigation @Salon

Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me

Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for "kingdom revolution" led by an "army of believers"

www.salon.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

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...the good news is that despite Nash's effort hide these relationships and what they said, @Salon has preserved and linked to the transcripts -- so you can still see what the apostles and their favorite pols do not want you to see.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

11 months

The Christian Right political movement will be around long after Trump exits the national stage. Johnson is 51. He epitomizes the generational and ideological changes that are well underway.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

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The Battle for the Bible: Christian Nationalism and the Movement to End Poverty, a conference sponsored by @UniteThePoor @Kairos_Center , may someday be seen as a quiet turning point in the history of the struggle against the Christian Right.

The Battle for the Bible Against Christian Nationalism Seeks to Continue Historic Campaign

Some may be surprised to learn that Wendsler Nosie Sr., former chairman of the San Carlos Apaches and a non-Christian, was at the center of an event that may someday be seen as a quiet turning point...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

6 months

The NC vouchers underwrite teaching 7 Mountain theology to children. Rob Boston @americansunited writes: "religious freedom... shouldn’t require the government to fund institutions whose views are inimical to the very democracy we seek to preserve."

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

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@andre_gagne1 and I just published a piece @RDispatches on a widening rift in the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). That rift may fester, with long-term consequences for the political power of the Christian Right.

New Apostolic Reformation Faces Profound Rift Due to Trump Prophecies and 'Spiritual Manipulation...

Updated 8/16/22: The authors' response to a correction request follows the article. - eds Four weeks after the January 6th insurrection, two leaders of the revivalist New Apostolic Reformation (NAR)...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

3 years

Here is my just published story @RDispatches about a Dominionist campaign to take over 17 school boards in Colorado.

"If Every Church Said, 'We Will Take Over Our Community'": The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts...

One of the features of the rise of the Christian Right has been the development of institutional infrastructure. From the rise of televangelism and conservative think tanks in the 1970s and 80s, to...

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@FredClarkson

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The NYT and others failed to report or laughed off Trump's telling Christian Right activists that they won't have to vote again in for years. They also missed the story when he said the same thing to a similar group last month.

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Trump's comment last night that Christians only need to vote this time & then he'll fix everything is getting attention. It wasn't off the cuff. He also said it last month (as I wrote at time: ). This is his argument to Christian Right.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

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ICYMT over the long holiday weekend: Unfriending America: The Christian Right is coming for the enemies of God -- people like you and me.

Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me

Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for "kingdom revolution" led by an "army of believers"

www.salon.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

6 months

NAR Apostle Jim Garlow who is close to House Speaker Mike Johnson forsees the collapse of the US govt & thinks Viktor Orbán, the authoritarian prime minister of Hungary “may be one of the best leaders in the world… probably the most biblically grounded.”

Secretive Christian-right group City Elders: Mostly smoke and mirrors?

Oklahoma-based "City Elders" group talks big about political takeover. How much of that is smoke and mirrors?

www.salon.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

10 months

Information about City Elders is hard to find. I think that they like it that way. Many thanks to @KiraResistance for surfacing some of the important details in this story.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

3 years

In the Fall of 2019, the secretive Christian Right state legislative campaign, Project Blitz, became even more of a secret. They scrubbed everything about Project Blitz from their site and their state legislative playbooks were hidden — until now.

Exclusive: Christian Right Bill Mill, Project Blitz, Hasn't Gone Away, It's Just Gotten More...

In the Fall of 2019, the secretive Christian Right state legislative campaign, Project Blitz, became even more of a secret. When RD first reported on Project Blitz in April 2018 the website featured...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

1 year

A film featuring a revisionist history of Pennsylvania according to Apostle Abby Abildness of the theocratic New Apostolic Reformation premiers Oct 1. Please also check out the dark side of what they call "the seed of a nation."

Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me

Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for "kingdom revolution" led by an "army of believers"

www.salon.com

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@FredClarkson

3 years

You don't believe in democracy if you only accept the outcome when your side wins.

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@FredClarkson

11 months

Here is the most relevant section of a long article I published in 2018 about the state and church-based political infrastructure of the Family Research Council. Their church political units are called Community Impact Teams (CITs).

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

3 years

What is known & not known about Trump & Russia, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Opus Dei, & William Barr all in one place -- in American Kompromat, by @craigunger Strong case that Trump has been a "Russian asset" for decades.

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@FredClarkson

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Political Research Associates @PRAEyesRight and the Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter present a webinar on a growing anti-democratic movement. Register now!

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@FredClarkson

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IMO, this is more important respects than the election of Trump. He is one of them, but Trump never was. IMO, this is more important in some respects than the election of Trump. Johnson is one of them -- but Donald Trump never was.

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1 year

If you are wondering what animates the violent visions of the New Apostolic Reformation, here is an important source.

'Joel's Army' Is Already Here: The Obscure 20th Century Religious Movement That Profoundly Influe...

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the rhetoric of the religious and political Right has heard it: the sound of a critical moment in a bad horror movie. It's the moment when we learn that the...

religiondispatches.org

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@FredClarkson

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Find out how California state Sen. Brian Dahle, the 2022 Republican candidate for governor, views his Democratic Senate colleagues @casendems as "the enemy."

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@FredClarkson

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Unrepentant domestic terrorist & Army of God member Shelly Shannon released from prison after 25 years. She shot & wounded Dr. George Tiller of Wichita and committed 6 firebombings and 2 acid attacks at abortion clinics in California, Oregon and Nevada.

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There were threats against libraries and others in Lancaster PA & Reading MA on Sat: “The email [in Lancaster] read, in part: You are (expletive) degenerates, pedophiles, child abusers... you degenerates, we will kill you all and purify our land.”

Bomb threats target Lancaster Public Library, Pride leader, media [update]

Update: Coloring books were in suspicious package that led to cancellation of Drag Queen Story Time: police

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

11 months

Recent events in the Middle East & the U.S. House of Representatives are going to make knowledge about the New Apostolic Reformation, and the terms to discuss it, of increasing value. Check out the 3 part Reporters Guide to the NAR.

Call it 'Christian Globalism': A Reporter's Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III

This is the final installment of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part II: When it Comes...

religiondispatches.org

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Find out how the head of the Colorado state Republican Party, David Williams, wants to shape the party to "whatever the will of the Lord may be."

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@FredClarkson

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Political Research Associates @PRAEyesRight & the Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter present a webinar on a growing anti-democratic movement: the New Apostolic Reformation August 15 from 1-2:30 EST August 21 from 1 - 2:30 EST

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

9 months

Listen to NPR's reporting on Speaker Johnson, the National Association of Christian Lawmakers, the New Apostolic Reformation and Dominionism.

Speaker Mike Johnson draws scrutiny for ties to far right Christian movements

House Speaker Mike Johnson is set to keynote an event for lawmakers who promote conservative Christian dominance — the latest connection illustrating his close relationship with Christian extremists.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

5 years

@profagagne In his forthcoming book, The Cult of Trump, Steven Hassan details some of Barr's involvement in the secretive Catholic group, Opus Dei.

The Cult of Trump, by Steven Hassan, PhD

A leading cult expert explains how the president uses mind control

freedomofmind.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

3 years

I want once again welcome so many new followers & highlight two of the best stories ever done on Dominionism and the New Apostolic Reformation -- by @ashtonpittman @MSFreePress Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 coming soon!

‘God Selected This Case’: The Christian Dominionist War On Abortion, Part II

Mississippi's attorney general claims that "God selected this case" to overturn Roe v. Wade, referring Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. For years, Christian dominionists and their allies...

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🧵Last year @andre_gagne1 and I wrote about the relationship between Trump spiritual advisor Apostle Paula White-Cain & Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams of Ghana in pt 3 of Reporters' Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation. But it was ignored.

Call it 'Christian Globalism': A Reporter's Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III

This is the final installment of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part II: When it Comes...

religiondispatches.org

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2 years

First they take Pennsylvania. Dominionists look to gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano as a general in their war for the world. (Check out the 2020 video of the candidate with The Shofar Army). @Salon

Doug Mastriano's mission from God: Pa. GOP candidate's extremist ties

Exclusive: Pa. GOP candidate closely linked to Christian extremists who want "spiritual warfare" against America

www.salon.com

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@FredClarkson

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Check out former New Mexico state sen. and 2022 lieutenant governor candidate Isabella Solis declaring, "It's time for the church to take dominion/possession" and for God to "superimpose heaven on earth."

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The call by Trump's lawyer for a former government official to be shot has been widely and rightly condemned. But it was pretty much crickets when Trump's spiritual advisor & her son prayed for God to smite Trump's opponents via the "iron rod of His Church

Beneath the 'Wacky' Paula White Video is a Dark and Deeply Undemocratic World Propping Up the...

These are the end times for the presidency of Donald Trump and the White House role for his spiritual advisor, Paula White. Their futures are bound together and both have made clear that they will...

religiondispatches.org

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And New York Republican Assemblyman David DiPietro prayed that God would "take us from being the most ungodly state."

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There is a much overlooked 2016 book about the New Apostolic Reformation by scholar John Weaver -- it is still a must read for serious scholars and journalists, and those who wish to defend democracy in our time.

The New Apostolic Reformation - McFarland

The New Apostolic Reformation History of a Modern Charismatic Movement John Weaver 978-0-7864-9956-4 978-1-4766-2421-1

mcfarlandbooks.com

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Reporters! When you write about Sean Feucht's "prayer warriors" at the U.S. Capitol March 2-9, ,remember he is not just a "Christian singer." See A Reporters' Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

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If you had copies of secret legislative strategy books of the Christian Right, would you share them with the world in defense of democratic values and democracy itself? (I did.)

Exclusive: Christian Right Bill Mill, Project Blitz, Hasn't Gone Away, It's Just Gotten More...

In the Fall of 2019, the secretive Christian Right state legislative campaign, Project Blitz, became even more of a secret. When RD first reported on Project Blitz in April 2018 the website featured...

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In August 2015, a Baptist church in Louisiana hosted a “pastors luncheon” to promote the formation of new CITs in other congregations. The event featured... Tony Perkins (who headed the state’s FRC/Focus on the Family political affiliate before becoming the national FRC leader);

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@maggieNYT A home invasion by any other standard.

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History will not be kind to the scholars and journalists who have denied the significance and even the existence of Dominionism. Now it happens that President Trump's spiritual advisor is a Dominionist who is affiliated with the New Apostolic Reformation.

Beneath the 'Wacky' Paula White Video is a Dark and Deeply Undemocratic World Propping Up the...

These are the end times for the presidency of Donald Trump and the White House role for his spiritual advisor, Paula White. Their futures are bound together and both have made clear that they will...

religiondispatches.org

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I recall the halcyon days of yore (well, not so long ago really) when experts and pundits assured us that there was no such thing as Dominionism -- but if there was, it was no big thing; nothing to get alarmed about.

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City Elders, led by elements of the Dominionists of the New Apostolic Reformation, has a grand religious and political vision, but when you go to look for actual de facto "governing councils" they claim to be forming, none are actually named. Is it secrecy or is it vacancy?

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––for aspiring Christian Right pols who go on to advance their agenda. Shortly after his election, Rep. Johnson proposed a bill titled the Marriage and Conscience Act, similar to Indiana’s controversial 2015 Religious Freedom Restoration Act,

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Watch this space. Publication of new article imminent -- on a key element of the 2024 electoral strategy of the New Apostolic Reformation.

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Unmentioned in this story is that Duggar was Executive Director of FRC Action, the political arm of the Family Research Council, and a top leader of the Christian Right.

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BREAKING: Former reality TV star Josh Duggar convicted of downloading and possessing child pornography. Duggar, starred on TLC's “19 Kids and Counting,” faces up to 20 years in prison on each of two charges.

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Columnist Bill Berkowitz, writing @dailykos warns: "The New Apostolic Reformation: Shadowy Powerful Christian Nationalist Movement Is Stalking Democracy"

The New Apostolic Reformation: Shadowy Powerful Christian Nationalist Movement Is Stalking Democracy

The flag is white with a simple evergreen tree in the center and the phrase “An Appeal to Heaven” at the top. Rolling Stone has confirmed that this flag, closely associated with the New Apostolic...

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Important story @RDispatches on Michael Flynn's ReAwaken America Tour, the New Apostolic Reformation, and the promotion of religious violence and visions of religious war.

Religion Dispatches

@RDispatches

2 years

"America, behold your MAGA God." Mark Clatterbuck attended the Lancaster County, PA stop on the ReAwaken America Tour, and what he witnessed was nothing short of terrifying: prophets peddling election denial, and calling for sanctioned religious violence.

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Prayer warriors of New Apostolic Reformation carry on the Spirit of January 6th. The latest in a series by @andre_gagne1 and me ()

The Spirit of January 6th: The Theology of This Seldom Discussed Movement Animates the Growing...

Lance Wallnau, a prominent Apostle/Prophet in the Neo-Charismatic New Apostolic Reformation, had an unusual Easter message this year. Rather than a traditional message of hope and eternal life, he...

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Reporters! Scholars! & Others! @andre_gagne1 and I know how challenging researching & writing about the New Apostolic Reformation can be. So we compiled a guide for the perplexed 🤔 It features links to important primary sources & more! @RDispatches

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A review of “American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times" by @petemont -- of a new book on the New Apostolic Reformation by @andre_gagne1 .

A New Guide to the Theology That Drives Trump’s Dominionist Prophets and Apostles | Right Wing Watch

Book Review“American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times,” by Canadian scholar André Gagné, explores the theological underpinnings of the New Apostolic Reformation,...

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The New Apostolic Reformation's vision & identity is as global as it is local -- and its often politically connected -- to pols like Mastriano, Sarah Palin, Trump, Bolsanaro & Netanyahu. Find out how in pt.3 of the Reporter's Guide by @andre_gagne1 & me

Call it 'Christian Globalism': A Reporter's Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III

This is the final installment of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part II: When it Comes...

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And so much more...

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During the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-19 some cities required wearing masks. But some folks didn't like it. A group called "The Anti-Mask League” rallied over 2,000 in San Francisco where there were 45,000 cases of influenza and over 3000 residents died

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4 years

@C_Stroop There was an "anti-mask league" in San Francisco during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-19. The results were grim.

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@FredClarkson

5 years

I'll be interviewed about Project Blitz in a ten-part pod cast by @BJContheHill as part of an unprecedented national campaign called Christians Against Christian Nationalism. Read all about it!

U.S. Christians Speak Out Against Christian Nationalism

In an initiative spearheaded by BJC, Christian leaders are calling out Christian nationalism as a distortion of ‘the Christian faith and America’s constitutional democracy.’

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

10 months

Last Sunday @Salon I wrote about a Christian Right group called City Elders. For them, elections are about using the tools of electoral democracy to erode & end it. Pols should understand this. So should anyone who wants to defend and advance democracy

Secretive Christian-right group City Elders: Mostly smoke and mirrors?

Oklahoma-based "City Elders" group talks big about political takeover. How much of that is smoke and mirrors?

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

4 months

🧵"Where's Wallnau? A NAR Apostle Takes Aim at Swing Counties in 'the Battle for the Mountain of Government" -- that's the title of my new report @RDispatches on the electoral plans of NAR leaders in cahoots with the Trump campaign.

Where’s Wallnau? A NAR Apostle Takes Aim at Swing Counties in 'The Battle for the Mountain of...

Just as they prophesied Trump's victory and collaborated in the 2020 attempted coup, the Trump wing of the New Apostolic Reformation is on the offensive once again, waging a campaign in counties they...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

11 months

then-Senator David Vitter (R-LA); & Mike Johnson,an attorney who’d be elected as state representative that fall. Johnson’s appearance at this catalytic event demonstrated another role that the CITs play: providing an electoral base—and arguably a launching pad

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

11 months

Here is the context of the whole article:

A Manual to Restore a Christian Nation that Never Was

Originally published in 2011, the Culture Impact Team Resource Manual—which includes, among other things, sample voter guides and instructions for church-based voter registration drives—has served as...

politicalresearch.org

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@FredClarkson

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which would have made it easier for businesses to claim religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws. The bill was tabled, but Johnson went on to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he serves on the House Judiciary Committee.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

5 months

In North Carolina, the state school voucher program is underwriting the teaching of the theocratic doctrine of 7 Mountain Dominionism to children.

NC school voucher dollars are funding Christian Nationalist indoctrination • NC Newsline

veteran North Carolina public school teacher explains how state's school voucher dollars are funding Christian nationalist indoctrination

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@FredClarkson

3 months

ICYMT: Cracking the Christian nationalist code: A glossary for the confused by @PaulHRosenberg @Salon

Cracking the Christian nationalist code: A glossary for the confused

The Christian right has a clearly anti-democratic agenda — but it's concealed with deliberately confusing terms

www.salon.com

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

7 months

Last June I broke the story @Salon of electeds in both parties (mostly GOP) deeply involved in the New Apostolic Reformation - notably Tom Parker Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Glad to see @mmfa building on the story.

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@FredClarkson

1 year

I am pleased to have published 1 of 2 two major stories this week on the New Apostolic Reformation -- maybe the biggest under-reported story in American religion and politics. The other is a must-read by @mccrummens @TheAtlantic

The Woman Who Bought a Mountain for God

The country’s fastest-growing Christian movement helped fuel Trump’s rise—and is gearing up for spiritual battle.

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

5 years

Trump will speak at the National Prayer Breakfast, hosted by the secretive cabal, The Family. Trump will not "get religion and become sweet and mild,” author Jeff Sharlet explains. They "work with him because he is not a sheep. He is the wolf king.”

Review: Netflix’s The Family

The five-part, original Netflix documentary “The Family,” is about a secretive, international religious network that has profoundly influenced governments in the U.S. and around the world for many...

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@FredClarkson

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Take heart new followers! The forces of democracy will defeat the theocrats and monarchists as decisively as we did in the 18th century. Still, theocratic pols and activists like Sean Feucht are desperately organizing. I wrote a bit about them last year.

Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me

Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for "kingdom revolution" led by an "army of believers"

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

6 months

In light of @TPM 's important expose of the secretive Society for American Civic Renewal -- which is inspired by the racist novel, The Camp of the Saints -- check out this investigation by James Scaminaci @4GWDOTDOTDOT which will help connect the dots

Battle With Bullets: Advancing a Vision of Civil War

In January 2019, Rick Joyner, head of Morningstar Ministries, an important New Apostolic Reformation parachurch organization,[1] claimed to have received a prophetic vision in a dream in the form of...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

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The leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation are escalating their rhetoric, casting people with whom they may disagree on say, politics or religion, as infested with demons.

Quentin Young

@qpyoungnews

5 months

Commentary: Some on the right think demons — real evil spirits, such as a child might imagine them, except conjured by people who in other ways qualify as grown-ups — are at work on everything from elections they don’t win to the existence of gay people.

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25 years ago, using the term "theocratic" to describe the politics and vision of the Christian Right was all but taboo. A decade ago, "Dominionism" (used to fairly describe its religious ideology) was also all but taboo in scholarly & journalistic discourse. Those days are over.

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@jennycohn1 Culture Impact Teams have long been the church based political units of the FRC.

A Manual to Restore a Christian Nation that Never Was

Originally published in 2011, the Culture Impact Team Resource Manual—which includes, among other things, sample voter guides and instructions for church-based voter registration drives—has served as...

politicalresearch.org

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ICYMT: A Reporter's Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation by @andre_gagne1 and me. The Guide was originally a response to a combination of media inattention and mis-attention but it has evolved into something we hope will be a practical resource.

A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

The story of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) lives at the epicenter of the intersection of politics and religion in the US—and reporting about it is as essential as it is challenging. The story...

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@FredClarkson

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Here's a heads up from @paulHRosenberg @Salon on how to get the low down on the ever wily New Apostolic Reformation Discusses the new primer on NAR by @andre_gagne1 “American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times."

Meet the new cutting edge of the Christian right

Christian nationalism has new momentum — and a new movement that openly longs for "dominion" over secular America

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

3 years

Reporter @ashtonpittman brings a Southern eye to a central story of our time. I'm honored to be part of his historic account. "To Rule History With God’: The Christian Dominionist War On Abortion, Part I" @MSFreePress

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"The Right Wing Slant on Religious Freedom is a Slippery Slope" (And of course, Project Blitz is greasing the skids) My latest @RDispatches

The Right Wing Slant on Religious Freedom is a Slippery Slope

Christian Right legislation that has often seemed to be aimed at undermining or rolling back LGBTQ rights in the name of religious freedom, has also often been about much more. This has become...

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@FredClarkson

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Let's fight book banning before it metastasizes into book burning.

Book Bannings Are Bad Enough, But Where Those Involved Are Considered Demonic, the Stakes Could Get...

Calls for, or at least predictions of, revolution or civil war have been common on the religious and political Right for decades. This has been particularly so among leaders of the Christian reviva...

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Frederick Clarkson

@FredClarkson

4 years

@benyt @frankrichny I see advertiser boycotts in NBC's future.

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5 years

@RDispatches @JeffSharlet Sharlet: "Defenders of the status quo, liberal as well as conservative, urge civility as an unbreakable code and preach common ground as a common good, as if the oppressed will benefit by toning down their demands in order to stand on the same patch of land as the powerful."

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@JeffSharlet TV show Hogan's Heroes -- featured Jewish actors as Nazi camp officials.

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2 years

Leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) were deep in the J6 insurrection. If they are also involved in the insurrection underway in Brazil, journalists will find the Reporter's Guide to the global NAR handy.

Call it 'Christian Globalism': A Reporter's Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III

This is the final installment of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part II: When it Comes...

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