Summary America’s past is scarred by three intertwined founding sins—slavery, genocide against Native peoples, and Christian extremism—and together they form a legacy that still shapes who holds power and whose lives are devalued. Unlike slavery and genocide, which have at least begun to be named and confronted through public reckoning, Christian extremism is still too […]
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Why Christian Extremism Is a Greater Threat to America Than Muslim Extremism
If you judged by headlines and campaign speeches, you’d think “radical Islam” was the one great religious threat to America’s safety and freedom. But when you look at who actually holds power, writes laws, captures courts, and talks openly about ruling “by God’s law,” the picture is very different. The most serious religious threat to […]