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Jan 18 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Seeing more attention to role of religion & #ChristianNationalism in Jan. 8 violence in #Brazil. Important to understand this (like in Jan. 6 in US). @beauunderwood & I first detailed last week how Christian symbols & leaders showed up in Jan. 8 mob: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/christian-na… 1/
@beauunderwood Also last week, @ardenthistorian wrote about religion & Jan. 8 for @RDispatches (religiondispatches.org/coups-of-a-fea…). And @BradleyOnishi & Dan Miller talked about it on @StraightWhiteJC (open.spotify.com/episode/4xkiAE…). 2/
Now @RNS has piece by Brazilian reporter Eduardo Campos Lima on pastors arrested during Jan. 8 violence & evangelical support for Bolsonaro & even a coup:
religionnews.com/2023/01/17/chr… 3/
And @washingtonpost has piece today by leading Brazilian experts on #Christian Nationalism, Raimundo Barreto & @JoaoB_Chaves, that is a must-read to understand affinities between US & Brazilian evangelicals ahead "twin insurrections"
washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor… 4/4

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Jan 20
Latest round of ReAwaken America Tour is starting in Nashville. This traveling MAGA variety show of extremism & conspiracies co-opts Christians symbols & rhetoric, as I reported from last event in Branson:
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-reawaken… 1/
ReAwaken America events have embraced #ChristianNationalism (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/how-most-chr…), demonized opponents (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-new-sata…), & pushed for violent view of spiritual warfare politics (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/taking-off-t…). 2/
This time, ReAwaken America is meeting at church of 1 of the popular, regular speakers (Greg Locke). @liamsadams previewed this round for @Tennessean:
tennessean.com/story/news/rel… 3/
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Nov 4, 2022
In Branson at ReAwaken America Tour. Will be writing about it for @WordandWay. Been covering tour from livestream for a year but this will be different. Image
Wrote about ReAwaken America in @MO_Independent today:
"Missouri leaders should condemn this weekend’s Christian nationalist rally in Branson"
missouriindependent.com/2022/11/04/mis…
We've also written several pieces at @WordandWay newsletter A Public Witness, including in:
Oct: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/how-most-chr…
Aug: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/taking-off-t…
July: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-sermon-m…
June: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-new-sata…
And last Nov:
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/one-nation-u…
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Oct 21, 2022
Next iteration of ReAwaken America Tour starts today in Pennsylvania with speakers like Michael Flynn, Eric Trump, Roger Stone, Doug Mastriano, Greg Locke, & Mike Lindell. We've been covering RAT for a year in @WordandWay's newsletter A Public Witness (publicwitness.wordandway.org)
Our reports on previous ReAwaken America events have covered Flynn's #ChristianNationalist vision (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/one-nation-u… & publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-sermon-m…), demonizing of political opponents (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-sermon-m…) & use of militant rhetoric (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/taking-off-t…).
We've also reported on responses to push back against ReAwaken America by @FaithfulAmerica (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/christian-le… & publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/religious-le…) & local clergy (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/word-and-way…).
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Jun 15, 2022
Last night, @bartbarber defeated @tomascol in #SBC22 president election. And it wasn't close. What happened? Let's consider some reasons Ascol & @BaptistNetwork failed in attempt to push SBC further rightward.
🧵 1/
1. Barber was establishment pick, thus had institutional momentum on his side. And solidly conservative, claims of SBC going "liberal" or "woke" didn't fit. Even Ascol praised him as conservative & merely suggested he wouldn't fight enough against those allegedly not. #SBC22 2/
2. Ascol is best known for decades for his work to make SBC more Calvinistic. Although SBC has moved some in that direction, it's still minority & often controversial position. Although not main reason he lost, it probably didn't help.
#SBC22 3/
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Jun 14, 2022
Motions made at #SBC22 to investigate finances of North American Mission Board & salaries of various executives. Another wants to attack President Litton on plagiarism (but isn't really a proper motion).
More motions at #SBC22 to eliminate executive sessions for @SBCExecComm (not going to happen for legal reasons) & release of nominees for EC to be released earlier. Another motion targets churches that have a "woman pastor of any kind."
More motions at #SBC22 include push to investigate Southeastern Seminary (amid complaints by @BaptistNetwork supporters) & pushing contact info of trustees of various institutions
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Jun 14, 2022
First couple of rounds of voting at #SBC22 have gone against @BaptistNetwork that's trying to push SBC further rightward. But those votes also are not good predictors of what will come today. Let's consider what happened yesterday & what's maybe happening today. 🧵 1/
.@SBCExecComm elected new officers yesterday. Candidates who voted to waive attorney-client privilege in sex abuse investigation defeated those who opposed. But many CBNers who opposed waiving privilege resigned in protest last fall. apnews.com/article/politi…
2/
CBN candidate for prez of SBC Pastor's Conference, Voddie Bauchum, lost close vote (religionnews.com/2022/06/14/sbc…). Although well-known, he's not actually SBC member. And he skipped part of Conference to attend CBN counter event. Significant baggage working against him for this role 3/
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