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Drew J. Strait

@drewstrait.bsky.social
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Prof. @AMBS_seminary | Writing on political idolatry & violent extremism | Strategic nonviolence is the way | Author of “Strange Worship: Six Steps for Challenging Christian Nationalism”

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“These two books work as companion pieces, and I’m glad to have read them. Both @drewstrait.bsky.social and @amandatylerbjc.bsky.social root their discussions in wide-ranging research, but they add the important focus on concrete and actionable advice.” – review by @cynthiarwallace.bsky.social
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Practicing compassionate patriotism
Recent books by Amanda Tyler and Drew Strait offer concrete, actionable advice for resisting Christian...
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Joan Braune @joanbraune.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
So happy that "On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives" is now out in print! With 19 contributors, the book addresses definitions of CN; historical development; intersections with racism, sexism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia; and practical ways to address the problem.
Cover is red, with title "On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives," ed. David M. Gides and Joan Braune, Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. Image in center is a black and white image from a statue. One figure's hands are shown holding a cross, and the other figure's hand is resting on the hilt of a sword.
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
“At last — a book that critically examines how biblical interpretation fuels Christian Nationalism. The Bible According to Christian Nationalists is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and confront the theological foundations of this political moment.” - @drewstrait.bsky.social
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An ‘Essential,’ ‘Must-Read’ Book
When writing a book, a nerve-racking moment comes when finally sharing it with others to read.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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Drew J. Strait @drewstrait.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The textbooks for my “Public Faith and Christian Nationalism” course are set. I'm excited to welcome six guest lecturers and step out of my comfort zone with a major social media experiment/lab on inoculative messaging. Yikes! Auditors are welcome...
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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
👀 PRE-ORDER NOW: With Project 2025 in motion, the movement to turn the US into a Christian nationalist state is closer to success than ever. This is due to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, the new face of Christian nationalism. Read about his plan: www.wjkbooks.com/Products/066...
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Joan Braune @joanbraune.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I was pleased to share my thoughts with David Renton for this article. There are a lot of good quotes from others as well here, including critique of Prevent in the UK and critique of the treatment of former members of hate groups as experts. (thread)
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Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Anyway, it's been deeply depressing to cover extremism for nearly a decade, only now for sitting members of congress to tweet out the same sort of thing you'd have once seen on the daily stormer
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This is so bad. IRS claims it can override an act of Congress (signed by Eisenhower & Reagan) to let churches endorse candidates: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u... This is bad for democracy but even worse for Christianity, pushing partisan pulpits: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-partis...
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I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit
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Drew J. Strait @drewstrait.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
William Cavanaugh’s “Torture and Eucharist” has never been more relevant for the US context.
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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/07/2025
"According to the new America First agenda, if you are not born in America, then you can be taken away, stripped of your humanity, have your head shaved, be beaten and be tortured." That's the country they aspire for us to be. @timmiller.bsky.social with some rage:
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
With every bit I see about #AlligatorAlcatraz, I keep thinking of what @robertpjones.bsky.social said: "It's virtually impossible to write a survey question about the treatment of immigrants that is too brutal for Republicans to support."
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Our roundup is here early for the holiday weekend! It features insights from @robertpjones.bsky.social, @angeladenker.bsky.social, @amandatylerbjc.bsky.social, @raushenbush.bsky.social, @drewstrait.bsky.social, @theb4np.bsky.social, @imillhiser.bsky.social, @michelleboorstein.bsky.social, and more.
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Weekly Roundup: July 3
We’re wrapping up the week a bit early to grill some hot dogs and watch some fireworks.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Literally an open call for genocide. It'd be easier to write her off as an online lunatic if she wasn't influencing the national security policy of the United States. Who listens to her now?
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Today’s issue of A Public Witness features a guest essay from @drewstrait.bsky.social centered on four creative proposals to disrupt Christian Nationalism within a distinctively Christian vernacular.
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How to Challenge MAGA’s Biblical Authoritarianism
Below is a guest essay from Drew Strait, an associate professor of New Testament and Christian origins at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana and author of Strange Worship.
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
1st meeting of White House Religious Liberty Commission, being held at Museum of the Bible, opens with a prayer "in Jesus's holy name." That quickly shows that this isn't about true religious liberty for all but instead co-opting religious liberty for conservative Christianity.
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Jared Stacy @jaredstacy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
If it feels like this moment is too much, as if it’s all going so fast, in some many directions—that is by design. Authoritarian seizure happens through expansive acceleration.
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governor’s arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 14/06/2025
A Democratic Mayor arrested. A Democratic Congresswoman indicted. A Democratic Senator tackled and detained. A Democratic State Representative killed. A Democratic State Representative in critical condition. We can all see where this is going.
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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
BREAKING @prri.org poll. My disturbing take: It’s virtually impossible to write a survey question about the treatment of immigrants that is too brutal for Republicans to support. 1) 8 in 10 Republicans support renditions of immigrants to foreign prisons without due process. prri.org/spotlight/ne...
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New PRRI Poll: Six in Ten Americans Oppose Exporting Undocumented Immigrants to Foreign Prisons Without Due Process
Under the Trump administration, immigration enforcement has taken an unprecedented turn as immigrants, including asylum seekers and individuals with legal protections, are now being transferred to…
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Senator Alex Padilla @padilla.senate.gov · 12/06/2025
If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country. We will hold this administration accountable.
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Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
This is one of the most disturbing videos I've seen recently, so prepare yourself... I'm going to try to give some context for what's happening here, and why it should have all of us concerned about the spread of far-right Christian supremacy in America. 1/ www.instagram.com/reel/DKD4zhG...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If this bill becomes law, ICE will become the best-resourced law enforcement agency in the history of the country, with more funding for detention than the entire federal Bureau of Prisons.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 22/05/2025
The GOP Tax Scheme represents the largest wealth transfer from the poor to the rich in American history.
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Jared Stacy @jaredstacy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
An excerpt from my upcoming book on conspiracism & white evangelicalism in the United States:
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Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons @guthriegf.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
NBC, CBS, and ABC News featured our work at #SCOTUS yesterday. This morning, our letter from Christian leaders denouncing Trump's so-called "Anti-Christian Bias Task Force" is leading the @axios.com homepage. @interfaithalliance.org is doing the work trying to prevent authoritarian theocracy!
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
If the Supreme Court reverses the Oklahoma court and allows the creation of a sectarian public school, it could largely dismantle church-state separation in public schools and put true religious liberty for all at risk.
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The Supreme Court Case That Could Dismantle Church-State Separation
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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Here's my take on major new @prripoll.bsky.social survey on #Trump100. Key finding: A majority of Americans (52%) believe Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American Democracy. Column has 6 other findings + 9 charts! www.whitetoolong.net/p/new-prri-p...
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New PRRI Poll: Most Americans Believe Trump is Dangerous Dictator--and Six Other Key Findings on Trump's 100 Days
There are signs that the public is waking up to the dangers Trump presents for democracy--a summary of Trump's first 100 days in 5 charts.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We talk a lot about social media radicalizing the population but it's been far more efficient at radicalizing public figures.
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Andrew Rillera @andrewrillera.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The NT does not identify & describe God as the one "who ultimately crucified Jesus," but rather as the God "who raised Jesus from the dead.” Acts 5:30; Rom 4:24; 6:4; 8:11; 10:9; 1 Cor 6:14; 15:15; 2 Cor 4:14; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thess 1:10; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 1:21.🧵
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Thanks to @gregsargent.bsky.social, we now know that the ONLY "evidence" that any law enforcement agency has EVER provided suggesting that Mr. Abrego-Garcia was part of a gang came from a detective indicted only a few weeks later for serious professional misconduct. bsky.app/profile/reic...
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Jeremy Cohen @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I'd love to see our professional associations move their yearly conferences to Canada and Europe. I think #AARSBL will be a ghost town this year.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump to Bukele on Salvadoran concentration camps: “Home-growns are next. You’re going to have to build about five more places.”
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This is a threat, as well as a promise. The promise of MAGA this time around was clear: purge the US from „enemies within“. Sounds like the threat of deportation to a foreign gulag could soon come for American citizens soon. No one is safe.
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Some people call me Rev. Others call me G. @geoffsinibaldo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Our conversation with @angeladenker.bsky.social, about her new book: Disciples of White Jesus. @coachjoemc.bsky.social and I invite you to check it out, and if you like it, pass it along to others. Peace to you this Holy Week. www.emmauscollective.com/podcasts/2-b...
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Episode #93 Angela Denker on Faith, Politics, and the Power of Listening
In this thought-provoking episode of Two Bald Pastors, hosts Joe McGarry and Geoff Sinibaldo sit down with Pastor Angela Denker, Lutheran pastor, journalist, and author of Red State Christians and the...
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Drew J. Strait @drewstrait.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Huge thanks to @dccramer.bsky.social for this excellent reporting from the conference on Christian nationalism that took place last month at Notre Dame.
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Anabaptists, Catholics collaborate in conference on Christian nationalism | Anabaptist World
On a Sunday morning in fall 2023, Margie Pfeil sat in an adult formation class at Kern Road Mennonite Church in South Bend, Ind., as Drew Strait presented on the rise of Christian nationalism in the U...
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“White Christian Nationalism in America is but our most recent chapter of an ancient story of what happens when Christianity is co-opted by empire.” - @angeladenker.bsky.social
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Supporting Church-State Separation With Faithful Challenges to Christian Nationalism
“I believe in the separation of church and state.
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
1) Do something autocratic 2) Wait to see how people react 3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on 4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it 5) Illegally consolidate more power 6) Repeat
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/04/2025
Per this, it appears at least 12 federal lawmakers on Capitol Hill fly an "Appeal to Heaven" flag outside their office, with Speaker Mike Johnson among them. baptistnews.com/article/a-vi...
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A visual guide to the elected officials who fly Christian nationalist flags at the Capitol – Baptist News Global
I walked by every single elected official’s office to document exactly which of them fly Christian nationalist flags.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
I lament that the Court appears to have embarked on a
new era of procedural variability, and that it has done so in
such a casual, inequitable, and, in my view, inappropriate
manner. See Department of Education v. California, 604
U. S. ___ , ___ (2025) (JACKSON, J., dissenting) (slip op., at
1–2). At least when the Court went off base in the past, it
left a record so posterity could see how it went wrong. See,
e.g., Korematsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214 (1944). With
more and more of our most significant rulings taking place
in the shadows of our emergency docket, today’s Court
leaves less and less of a trace. But make no mistake: We
are just as wrong now as we have been in the past, with
similarly devastating consequences. It just seems we are
now less willing to face it.
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Interfaith Alliance @interfaithalliance.org · 07/04/2025
"...one important constituency in American life continues to demonstrate moral clarity about the present danger, and it may surprise you: religious congregations, leaders and institutions," writes Rev. @raushenbush.bsky.social in @rns.org.
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Faith communities are setting a courageous example for standing up to Trump
(RNS) — A growing number of religious communities are responding to the administration's hostility to many of their core values and beliefs, despite having fewer resources than major firms or schools.
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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hegseth is violating Naval Academy’s honor code: "Midshipmen are persons of integrity: They stand for that which is right. They tell the truth & ensure that the truth is known. They do not lie." #Bookbans are a systemic form of lying, both abt the past & present. www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-book-wh...
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My Book, "White Too Long," Banned from US Naval Academy
The book bans are coming for American universities.
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Julian @julian-ninjackson.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
-Early estimates are ~30k in Chicago. Not bad. -Organizers didn't seem prepared for that many b/c they asked people to (checks notes) SIGN UP? -Protests in small towns in red states were most heartening. -Many black friends stayed home. I get why, but hope its not permanent. We need them. #handsoff
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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Banned books at the US Naval Academy www.whitetoolong.net/p/my-book-wh...
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My Book, "White Too Long," Banned from US Naval Academy
The book bans are coming for American universities.
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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Just saw my book, “White Too Long” was purged from the US Naval Academy library. Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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FāVS News @favsnews.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
@rangemedia.co caught up with Bismark Avornu, who’s lived in the Spokane area for 15 years, where he met his wife and is raising two American children, about his 45 days in a Tacoma processing facility. @aaronhedge.bsky.social favs.news/spokane-migr... #spokane #ice #immigration
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Spokane migrant detained by ICE back with family - FāVS News
Spokane migrant reflects on his 45 days in an ICE detention facility, recalling its rigid structure. He said the government's treatment of immigrants is an "honest concern" but it is being done in a "...
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