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Right-Wing Christianity Often Subordinates Faith To Nationalism
Much public Christianity on the right, exemplified by figures like Pete Hegseth, grabs the symbols and optics of religious faith while making it subordinate to fundamentally secular or nationalist causes, such that genuine Christian doctrines like just war theory fail to actually constrain policy.
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Ross DouthatEvidence Quote
“my critique of hegezeth though would be that in certain key ways he's not christian enough that if you look at the way he's approaching foreign policy issues... it's very hard to see all that much christianity actually infusing his policy making”
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:04:37 AM
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