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In the face of the burgeoning threat of Christian nationalism, this week’s The State of Belief focuses on the role that communities of faith, especially Christians, can play in protecting religious freedom and multifaith democracy, and the role that communities of faith, especially Christians, can play in protecting religious freedom and interreligious democracy. Explore the urgent need for resistance to authoritarian politics.
Guest Amanda Tyler joins host Reverend Paul Brandeis Rauschenbusch to provide critical insight into the ideological and legal battle against Christian nationalism. In her new book, How to End Christian Nationalism, Amanda outlines a three-pronged approach to confronting this dangerous ideology: building awareness, advocating for action, and organizing for change. Masu. She discusses how Christian nationalism distorts the teachings of Jesus and undermines the essence of religious freedom. Her call for Christians to take a more active role in speaking out and organizing for change is a challenge to those committed to preserving a society of religious freedom and diversity. At the same time, it is also a ray of hope.
“The way I understand Christian nationalism is that it is a political ideology and a cultural framework that seeks to merge American and Christian identities, and that to be a true American you must be a Christian. Christians who hold certain fundamentalist religious beliefs that align with conservative political priorities. The story is that the only people who belong to the nation are those who were in power at the beginning of the country: property-owning, white Protestant Christian men. He’s an upper-second class citizen.”
– Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Freedom (BJC), defends the historic Baptist principle of religious freedom, the free exercise of religion, and its establishment by the government. I lead an organization that advocates for protection from. Amanda, an organizer with Christians Against Christian Nationalism and author of How to End Christian Nationalism, is also co-host of BJC’s Respecting Religion podcast. Tyler’s constitutional analyzes and defense of religious freedom for all have been featured in major news outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS News, ABC News, CNN, and MSNBC, and she has been featured in Congress on religious freedom and religious freedom. testified about the freedom of Christian nationalism. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas School of Law, she lives in Dallas with her husband and son.
