The stabbing of a Japanese mother and her son went viral in China after a local woman died protecting them. Her death ignited a clash between praise for the 55-year-old and a resurgence in anti-Japan posts. Tech giants finally intervened in a rare rebuke, deciding that the nationalism had gone too far. It’s no secret […]
Two local churches are different in some ways, but their leaders are of one mind when it comes to a controversial ideology that blends Christianity and nationalism. The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. John Malget recently brought their congregations together for a joint worship service where they shared the pulpit to discuss what they […]
As a Southern-raised Black male, reared in the Pentecostal church, I have weathered many storms of racism, sexism and homophobia. They include: Observing laity telling other adults that they had to remain in abusive marriages, to telling women how they had to dress to be accepted in the Lord’s church, to seeing the effects of […]
Longtime civil rights activists and faith leaders are coming together to speak out against white Christian nationalism one day before the Republican National Convention. The “We All Belong” campaign, which was launched last year by multi-faith organization MICAH, will hold a “Rally for Democracy” on July 14 from 2 to 6 p.m. at University of […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders. And no entity has had more influence on his political philosophy and ambitions than a paramilitary, right-wing group […]
Judd Blevins, left, a city councilor in Enid, Okla., speaks to Enid resident Frank Baker, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, before a community forum. Blevins, who has acknowledged ties to white supremacist groups, faces a recall vote, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy) ENID, Oklahoma (AP) — Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid […]
BJP supporters greet Prime Minister Modi during a rally in Arambagh, India, on March 1. Credit – Debajyoti Chakraborty—NurPhoto/Getty Images As India hurtles toward the world’s largest elections next month, I mourn for the democracy of my homeland that once was. The press is increasingly muzzled, dissent is met with incarceration, and a palpable climate […]
An influential think tank close to Donald Trump is developing plans to infuse Christian nationalist ideas in his administration should the former president return to power, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. Spearheading the effort is Russell Vought, who served as Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget during his first term and […]
Russia is taking advantage of European far-right nationalist movements’ increasingly vocal claims to Ukrainian territory, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in its daily assessment on Jan. 29. Far-right movements in Hungary and Romania raised concern this past week after party leaders in their respective countries claimed parts of Ukrainian territory. Claudiu […]
Less than a year away from what is surely the most fateful presidential election in American history, warnings about the threats to democracy associated with right-wing extremism and Trumpist authoritarianism dominate media’s attention. Meanwhile, at the local level, a related movement, Christian nationalism, constitutes an equally serious creeping threat to democracy, pluralism and diversity. Its […]
I once came to a church as a young pastor and discovered flags at the front of the worship space — an American flag, which of course I recognized, but also a Christian flag, which at the time was new to me. Neither the Christian Reformed church of my childhood nor any church I had […]