The

The Hello and behind the news. My name is Doug Henwood. It seems appropriate to describe today's

two-guess lineup as divinely ordained, given the prominence of the uses and misuses of religion in the show's

content. We'll hear from two historians. Christian Dumay will talk about the theology of the

Christian Nationalists in and around the Trump administration, and Jennifer Middlestat will talk

about the deep roots

to the foreign policy outlook of that same regime. I'm not saying Trump himself, because who knows

what his philosophy of life is, aside from maximizing his own power and presence.

On the morning of Trump's inauguration, he and some of his retinue were forced to listen to a sermon

by the Episcopal Bishop of Washington,

Marion Buddy. It's centered on the need for compassion, empathy, and humility. Though that seems

quite consistent with the general tenor of the Christian tradition, Trump was annoyed because he took

it as a personal insult and would-be theologians like J.D. Vance cited Catholic doctrine,

notably Ordo Amoros, the Order of Charity,

a concept associated with St. Thomas Aquinas. For Vance, it was a theological justification for

nativism and xenophobia. One Republican member of Congress said Badi should be deported,

and another introduced a resolution condemning her. That got me curious about the theology behind Maga.

So we're joined by the perfect person to elucidate that, Kristen Dumay, a professor of history

at Calvin University. She was on this show in December 2020 to discuss her book Jesus and John

Wayne, a study that Christian rights creation of a badass Jesus, throwing over all that peace-love

stuff in favor of a

military hardness.

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