Summary Religious extremism is often treated as a bizarre deviation from “true” faith—a handful of fanatics twisting otherwise peaceful religions. In reality, much of what we call extremism is doctrine taken seriously: literal readings of texts that command holy war, punish unbelief, and fuse faith with state power. When those doctrines are backed by law […]
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Most Christians Don’t Believe in the Christian God of the Bible
Summary Millions of Americans call themselves Christian, but their day‑to‑day lives show they don’t actually submit to the God of the Bible. Their “faith” is a loose cultural habit—a low‑effort, low‑cost identity that rarely collides with their comfort or desires. That hollow, cultural Christianity is the raw material Christian nationalism depends on: it recruits these […]