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God's Country
Democracy in Danger
English - August 04, 2020 20:09 - 31 minutes - 74.7 MBSociety & Culture News Politics democracy election history illiberalism media news politics unitedstates world Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The U.S. Constitution guarantees religious freedom, but also freedom from religion β an idea that rankles many white Evangelicals who would like to see America remade in their own image of Christianity. Religion scholar Matt Hedstrom speaks with Siva and Will about the ideology of Christian nationalism and its harder-core variety, dominionism. Arguably, Hedstrom says, itβs not traditional religious piety but a muscular resistance to pluralism that lies at the core of this belief system.