In the US, Baptist Joint Committee gains faith and justice centre, grows religious liberty work
United StatesRNS The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is acquiring the Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation in a move its leaders say will help them broaden efforts to support a more universal range of religious freedoms in the country. The 87-year-old coalition of 15 Baptist denominations, including both predominantly Black and white Baptist […]
US Christian leaders asked January 6 committee to investigate Christian nationalism
Washington DC, USRNS A group of prominent Christian leaders, including the heads of major denominations, say they submitted a letter earlier this year to the House select committee investigating the 6th January attack on the US Capitol, urging members to examine Christian nationalism and arguing the ideology played a crucial role in the insurrection. Organisers […]
Essay: January 6 committee must address Christian nationalism
In an article first published on Religion News Service, AMANDA TYLER, lead organiser of Christians Against Christian Nationalism, says the Congress hearings provide an opportunity for the public to see Christian nationalism for what it is…
New report details the influence of Christian nationalism in US Capitol attack
RNS A team of scholars, faith leaders and advocates unveiled an exhaustive new report Wednesday that documents in painstaking detail the role Christian nationalism played in the 6th January attack on the US Capitol and calling it an unsettling preview of things to come. Christian nationalism was used to “bolster, justify and intensify the January […]
A new US resource for combatting Christian nationalism sees it as a ‘distortion of the Gospel’
RNS On 6th January, Josh Scott of Nashville’s GracePointe Church watched images of the Capitol insurrection with a rising sense of alarm. The unmistakable Christian elements were hard to miss – “Jesus Saves” signs and flags, a tall wooden cross, the prayer thanking God “for allowing the United States of America to be reborn.” “I […]