Thank you Heather for remarkable insights. I am reading re Bill Barr, his comments at UND and I am appalled at the utter replay of 1920s GOP power & control. It truly connects to the theocratic authoritarianism of that decade, GOPs obsession with self, power & wealth that, 30 years later, became 'movement conservative' (incorporating fas…
Thank you Heather for remarkable insights. I am reading re Bill Barr, his comments at UND and I am appalled at the utter replay of 1920s GOP power & control. It truly connects to the theocratic authoritarianism of that decade, GOPs obsession with self, power & wealth that, 30 years later, became 'movement conservative' (incorporating fascism into conservative white evangelicalism, bonding covertly the non-pentecostal with the pentecostal. Note: these are not the same as Christianity. I have a hyper religious family history that dates back to late 1800s, incl authoritarianism and evangelicalism, and a global evangelical outreach that influenced many with the white evangelical 'toxic faith'. I see, in hindsight, how MC's influences in white evangelicalism from the late 60s onward drove white EV policies, embedding various types of racism into its fabric (Southern Baptists being the most influential in that regard). I have watched over the past 40+ years how blatant power grabs by white EVs enmeshed them with politics (spurred at one point by Falwell Sr, Moral Majority, then Christian Coalition) even as white EVs eagerly adopted teachings that contradicted clearly with Christ's teachings. Simply put, it is all about their white entitlement and self, power and wealth.
The authoritarian root became embedded with white EVs in the 1990s, via their required teaching called 'spiritual formation'. It is authoritarianism through and through. White EV leaders, e.g., NAE, require all member churches and orgs to teach it and have depts for it or they cannot, and will not, be accredited. It is power and control by the white male leadership, clearly.
Thank you Heather for remarkable insights. I am reading re Bill Barr, his comments at UND and I am appalled at the utter replay of 1920s GOP power & control. It truly connects to the theocratic authoritarianism of that decade, GOPs obsession with self, power & wealth that, 30 years later, became 'movement conservative' (incorporating fascism into conservative white evangelicalism, bonding covertly the non-pentecostal with the pentecostal. Note: these are not the same as Christianity. I have a hyper religious family history that dates back to late 1800s, incl authoritarianism and evangelicalism, and a global evangelical outreach that influenced many with the white evangelical 'toxic faith'. I see, in hindsight, how MC's influences in white evangelicalism from the late 60s onward drove white EV policies, embedding various types of racism into its fabric (Southern Baptists being the most influential in that regard). I have watched over the past 40+ years how blatant power grabs by white EVs enmeshed them with politics (spurred at one point by Falwell Sr, Moral Majority, then Christian Coalition) even as white EVs eagerly adopted teachings that contradicted clearly with Christ's teachings. Simply put, it is all about their white entitlement and self, power and wealth.
The authoritarian root became embedded with white EVs in the 1990s, via their required teaching called 'spiritual formation'. It is authoritarianism through and through. White EV leaders, e.g., NAE, require all member churches and orgs to teach it and have depts for it or they cannot, and will not, be accredited. It is power and control by the white male leadership, clearly.
It’s been a Father Coughlin reprise for decades now.