1/4 So here's another one of those what-I've-done-this-year threads. 🧵
Right around the time our lives were shutting down due to the pandemic, the @BakerInstitute published my study of #ChristianAmericanism / #ChristianNationalism in #Texas politics bakerinstitute.org/research/chris…
Right around the time our lives were shutting down due to the pandemic, the @BakerInstitute published my study of #ChristianAmericanism / #ChristianNationalism in #Texas politics bakerinstitute.org/research/chris…
2/4 I wrote about the national implications of that study in this piece for @RDispatches: "Texas serves as a case study of what happens when Christian Americanists take the reins of power." religiondispatches.org/new-study-of-c…
3/4 In April, TX Gov. Abbott and AG Paxton used the pandemic as an opportunity to do what they've long wanted: ban elective abortions in Texas. In this @RDispatches piece, I argued that their actions (later blocked in court) undermined religious freedom religiondispatches.org/texas-faith-le…
4/4 My research work for the @BakerInstitute this year focused on how major Christian nationalists in TX handled the #COVID19 crisis. That study should appear next month. I also have an article coming out in Jan in justpreachy.com. Watch this space - and Happy New Year!
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