BAD FAITH exposes Christian Nationalism, the most powerful antidemocratic force in America. Streaming April 26 Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, Google Play, YouTube
BAD FAITH starts streaming this Friday, April 26th, on all streaming platforms.
As the 2024 election looms, discover the history and unsettling influence of Christian Nationalism on the political landscape.
I spoke with Scripps News alongside BAD FAITH director Stephen Ujlaki to discuss this important documentary. Christian Nationalism is different than Christianity. And the movement is a huge threat to America. Watch the segment:
An excerpt from the
@guardian
article:
“I think a lot of Americans have a very difficult time accepting and understanding the fact that such treason, such anti-democratic activity, could be carried out by people who basically look like Sunday school teachers,” Stephen Ujlaki,…
Thank you
@crooksandliars
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"'Bad Faith' is a documentary about the rise of Christian Nationalism that is nightmare fuel. However, every American needs to watch this doc to understand the dangerous extremism coming from within our country."
"A lot of the Council for National Policy's vision was rooted in a form of Calvinism.... If you were a very rich person, that's because God had predestined you for salvation." —Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network, appears in BAD FAITH
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The Inside Story: Stephen Ujlaki and Reverend William Barber on the new... via
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“It’s Called Heresy”: A Chilling New Film on Christian Nationalism
Editor Michael Tomasky speaks with filmmaker Stephen Ujlaki and the Reverend William Barber II
@WajahatAli
said this at the
@americansunited
Summit for Religious Freedom.
I want to spread his message because I’m afraid too many Americans are in denial about how dangerous this moment this.
"This movement has been about scaring white Christian people into believing that there is an enemy out there that is going to obliterate you."
—Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
The national news media is either incapable or unwilling to describe the extremist movement that is taking over America.
Watch BAD FAITH documentary to understand how we got here.
Streaming now on Amazon, AppleTV, YouTube and Google Play
BAD FAITH documentary screenings week of June 3-9
June 5 at 6:00 pm
University Baptist Church Fellowship Hall Charlottesville, VA
June 6 at 7:00 pm
Kenneth Monroe Transformation Center
Rock Hill, SC
June 7 at 7:00 pm
First Church United Church of Christ
Phoenix, AZ 85004
“The documentary is simultaneously informative, sobering, chilling, frightening, but always with vestiges of hope. It does an excellent job of showing the viewer what’s at stake for democracy, what’s already been lost to the rise of Christian Nationalism, and what the future…
This is the fruit of 40 years of
Evangelical leaders demonizing those who don’t share those beliefs.
“When Biden says something about unifying the nation, people like me are convinced that we cannot unify with that because good cannot unify with evil.”
—Stan Minner,…
Former FBI Director James Comey tells
@alexwagner
a second Trump term “is a danger for all Americans” because Trump “is coming for” the Justice Department and the FBI.
At our April 11 event in DC, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber gave a math class on how to reach infrequent voters.
“And it’s not even a heavy lift.”
@RevDrBarber
If you’re in the Memphis area, don’t miss the premiere of powerful documentary
@badfaithdoc
tonight, May 15, 6:30pm at New Direction Christian Church. Register here for free:
Letters to the editor for April 20 The Courier
Cedar Falls, Iowa
“Christian nationalism
You may be asking yourself, “How do I know if I’m a Christian Nationalist?” Here’s a simple two-question test:
1. Do I believe my understanding of the Bible is superior to everyone else’s?…
Why we need young voters in the 2024 election.
“In a country where 40 to 50 percent of people don’t vote, you don’t need a majority to win elections. All you need is a disproportionately organized and very, very committed minority of the population.”
— KATHERINE STEWART, The
After a very successful screening—packed house and lively Q&A—at
@filmfestDC
!
🍿🎥
Screens again Apr 24 at 6 pm
Left to right: Senior programmer Linda Blackaby, director Stephen Ujlaki, author Anne Nelson, Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right.…
“We live in perilous times.”
—Randall Balmer, John Phillips professor of religion at Dartmouth, prize-winning historian, author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory and Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right.
Part archival chronicle, part exposé, the film reveals the secretive political machinery that has relentlessly sought to weaken and destroy American democracy in order to promote its authoritarian vision.
🍿🎥. April 5-11 at Cinema Village in NYC
Thru April 4 at Laemmle Monica
Quick break from this story to give a shoutout to the folks at
@BadFaithDoc
. Watched this week, and it does a terrific job explaining the Christian Nationalist takeover of the government and how we got here. PLEASE show your friends and family.
‘Why I Wasn’t Scared by ‘Civil War’
By Owen Gleiberman
Variety Apr 14, 2024
“And recently, I saw a film that did honestly scare me: the superb documentary “Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy,” which anatomizes what’s going on behind the scenes of the…
Anne Nelson, an award-winning investigative journalist, is the author of SHADOW NETWORK, Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right; the film’s unprecedented exposé of the covert Council for National Policy was made possible by her ground-breaking investigative work.
At bottom, democracy requires us to accept electoral losses. When your answer to Welker’s question is “depends on if my guy wins,” as it obviously is here, you are unambiguously anti-democratic and unAmerican.
What to watch April 26, 2024: Movie awards contenders
“Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy”: Director Stephen Ujlaki traces the alt-right’s embrace of religious theocracy, linking it to 1960s white supremacy, the wealthy Koch brothers, and conservative…
We strongly urge you to listen to Andrea Chalupa’s clear-eyed denunciation of what is going so wrong in the country.
Christian Taliban
Gaslit Nation. April 8
Project 2025 will make its national debut if republican occur across the nation in Nov. Look at FL and you’ll see some of it already being rolled out. It will steamroll across America if everyone doesn’t get engaged & do the work.
Start by streaming
@badfaithdoc
now.
"This right to choose is something that has been paid for in blood and suffering and sacrifice and been passed down and paid forward in ways that beggar the imagination. And this generation of Americans, as we approach the 250th anniversary, are just going to let it all go out of
Cracking the Christian Nationalist Code: A Glossary for the confused
by Paul Rosenberg
@Salon
“While Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s Gaza war has outraged or alienated many would-be supporters, Donald Trump has never expressed even the slightest interest in Palestinian
BAD FAITH screening twice.
Sat April 20 st 6:15 pm
Wed April 24 at 6:00 pm
Landmark’s E St Cinema
In Person:
Saturday, April 20: Director/Producer Stephen Uljaki and Film participant Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network: Money, Media, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right
@tribelaw
Larry, a propos the Fareed quote, I recently completed a documentary, which traces the path that led us here. It opened in NYC last night. You can see trailer and critical reception on
Ps: I was on Harvard Debate Team the same time as you. Stephen Ujlaki
The Republican Party is embracing nihilism and a “burn it all down” philosophy.
This is the opposite of both conservatism which seeks to preserve traditional institutions and values. And the Bible’s teachings - to be peacemakers and seek the peace and flourishing of the cities…
Thank you
@filmfestdc
.
Justice Matters Award Winner 2024
Bad Faith: Christian Nationalisms’ Unholy War on Democracy
“Our panel unanimously selected “Bad Faith” as the winner of the 2024 Social Justice award. Bad Faith: Christian Nationalisms’ Unholy War on Democracy unravels
New interview with director Stephen Ujlaki and Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network
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BAD FAITH Documentary Film Interview: Christian Nationalism’s Quest to Sow Distrust in American Democracy
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Justice Kagan dissenting in the South Carolina gerrymandering case:
"The majority's attempt to explain its contrary result fails at every turn. The majority picks and chooses evidence to its liking; ignores or minimizes less convenient proof; disdains the panel's judgments about…
I really enjoyed talking to Jim McDermott, who I know through our work at Loyola Marymount University
@LoyolaMarymount
‘Bad Faith’ sounds the alarm on the past and future of Christian nationalism via
@RNS
I'm attending Americans United for Separation of Church and State's event, “VIRTUAL: Unmasking Christian Nationalism” - sign up now to join me!
#americansunited
Elizabeth Neumann appears in “Bad Faith.” Evangelical Christian / former homeland security officer in the George W. Bush and Trump Administrations and the author of Kingdom of Rage.
“Trump had this ability to tap into grievance.”
—Elizabeth Newman on
@AliVelshiMSNBC
Trump has been co-opting the language of the Christian Right, but some evangelicals aren’t buying it. “It has become a cult,” says fmr Trump admin DHS official Elizabeth Neumann (
@NeuSummits
). “This is not what our scriptures teach.”
#Velshi
BAD FAITH SCREENINGS THIS WEEKEND
MAY 18
The Rialto, Raleigh, NC
Grace Presbyterian Church
Tuscaloosa, AL
Art Theater of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Ray of Hope, Atlanta, GA
MAY 19
First Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, AL
Immanuel Presbyterian Church Montgomery, AL
Art…
BAD FAITH participant Jonathan Wilson-Hargrove on The Reid Out talks about how the extreme right network manipulated the faith of his rural white community when he was young. He eventually discovered the teachings of the Reverend William Barber. As a filmmaker I was fortunate to
Director Steve Ujlaki was recently interviewed on
@siriusxm
show The Briefing with
@SteveScully
to discuss BAD FAITH.
Head to the link in our bio to listen to the full interview.
Peter Coyote to join the post screening discussion of Bad Faith documentary along with Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network.
May 28, Sebastiani Theater
—The Sonoma Index-Tribune
BAD FAITH about the far right Christian Nationalists pushing for a theocracy based on the their bent version of the bible is going to make you sick. It's a dire warning playing now in LA and Friday in NY
@highbrow_nobrow
“This is an election about two radically different visions of our society, and one of them involves democratic processes that allow us to evolve and the other installs an authoritarian regime. That’s the choice."—Anne Nelson at BAD FAITH doc screening Q&A Washington DC…
Steve Schmidt is a prominent voice in BAD FAITH. This is what he said about the film. Steve knows exactly what’s going on and tells it like it is. Follow The Warning with Steve Schmidt
“The church has relinquished too much authority to the government.”
—Lauren Boebert
Eboo Patel is the author of Out of Many Faiths and founder and president of Interfaith America, a Chicago-based international nonprofit that aims to promote interfaith cooperation.