Christina Littlefield
@DrCLittlefield
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Historian studying religion, media, politics and culture. Retweets are fodder for debate only, not endorsements. Opinions are my own.
Southern California
Joined April 2012
Christian America and the Kingdom of God: White Christian Nationalism from the Puritans through January 6, 2021 is in preorder now. The book with Richard Hughes compares what scripture says about the kingdom of God and then how Americans have pursued it.
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Judge rules 10 Commandment display law in Texas pushes religion on students, infringing their religious freedom
nytimes.com
The judge sided with families of students who had argued that the displays infringed on their religious freedom.
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This is where we are at. Clergy are being arrested for protesting ICE conditions and seeking to offer immigrants spiritual care. Thankful for @jackmjenkins ongoing reporting.
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, Rev. Michael Woolf tells me he has "bruises all over my body." Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse."
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Good write up of a challenging social experiment.
washingtonpost.com
An influencer’s test of churches went viral, rewarding the generous and shaming the stingy.
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You know your nation is broken when you see video online that makes you Google for news about "ICE" and "Baby."
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Even MAGA supporters want the ACA premium help extended
kff.org
A new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds more than three-quarters (78%) of the public say they want Congress to extend the enhanced tax credits available to people with low and moderate incomes to make...
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The General Social Survey is the gold standard in social science. They just released a tranche of data for 2024. The non-religious: 2018: 23% 2021: 28% 2022: 27% 2024: 25% Evangelicals: 2018: 21% 2021: 17% 2022: 18% 2024: 19.5% The Mainline is down to 8.8% - a new low.
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Excellent, deep dive into how Christian nationalist Russell Vought is operating as a shadow president to push through his extreme Heritage Project 2025 ideology.
propublica.org
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that...
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Amidst all the tragedies happening because of mass deportations, is the administration's targeting of Afghans who helped support the U.S. for deportation and a rejection of their asylum claims.
washingtonpost.com
Homeland Security asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. The case could affect thousands of asylum seekers.
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The Roys Report covers Pepperdine's appointment of Johnnie Moore
.@Pepperdine U has named controversial PR exec Johnnie Moore (@JohnnieM) vice chancellor of its D.C. campus & head of a new Mideast policy prgrm. Moore’s appointment draws scrutiny over his past PR controversies incl. defense of alleged fraud & misconduct. https://t.co/4ho62d3kLI
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Trump is halting trade negotiations with Canada because he says the audio in this advertisement is false. Here's the fuller clip from the Reagan Library:
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Multiple times a day, I am getting asked this question: Is there a religious revival happening in America? I walk through the math of what that would actually look like here 👇👇👇 @MyFaithCounts
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Update: The Chicago clergy letter decrying ICE's actions and voicing a willingness on the part of clergy to put their "bodies on the line" to protest ICE has reached 250 signatures — and now includes multiple evangelical pastors/leaders of evangelical institutions in the area.
NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants, saying, "What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral. https://t.co/A2v3756WnL
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some challenging words from my co-author on what Churches of Christ and MAGA has in common
baptistnews.com
The MAGA agenda marks Make America Great Again as a classic restorationist movement, sharing its most basic assumption with restorationist movements that have appeared over the course of Christian...
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We stand by our reporting. Here is the full story that DHS is dismissing: https://t.co/yPvwxIbOo2 It relies on footage that anyone can watch for themselves. We also explain exactly how we did it ⤵️
.@ProPublica is wasting more ink with disgusting smears against our brave @ICEgov law enforcement, as they are facing more than a 1000% increase in assaults against them. We have said it a million times: DHS enforcement operations are HIGHLY TARGETED and are not resulting in the
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Here is an assessment of the dimensions on which American democracy is backsliding, from an organization of former members of the US intelligence community, @steadystate2025. https://t.co/i0kLR631LM Here are the first 3 out of 6:
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