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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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Speaker

Ross Douthat

Evidence 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

Source

449 - Dogma Tribe And TruthMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:04:37 AM

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