ICYMI: Inside the theocrat-oligarch bromance

ICYMI: Inside the theocrat-oligarch bromance Journalist Katherine Stewart digs into the connection between Christian nationalism and American fascism The Ink and Anya Kamenetz Feb 12, 2025 –Vice President JD Vance got into a very public theological dispute with Pope Francis which revealed the depths of the rift between the beliefs of the religious right and the doctrines of mainstream Christianity — and underscored how Christian nationalism has become a religion and political force all its own, threatening democracy in the United States and around the world.

Investigative journalist Katherine Stewart, an analyst of the religious right, American authoritarianism, and their deep connections, has spent the last 15 years digging into how Christian nationalists embraced a hierarchical, exclusionary religious vision and enabled the rise of Vance, Trump, and their oligarchic partners in fascism. She’s got a new book out, Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, exploring the role of belief in turning Americans away from democracy and how reactionary forces built an “engine of unreason” that drove the authoritarian political movement that’s right now consolidating power in a coup. Source Links: ICYMI: Inside the theocrat-oligarch bromance