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Andrew Whitehead
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IU Indianapolis sociologist | religion, politics, disability | Kettering Foundation Research Fellow | Christian Nationalism books: http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m | all views my own .. more

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We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.

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Ableism in America: How Christian Nationalism Informs Project 2025
Americans with disabilities and their families have long fought for equal protection under federal and state law in the United States. The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 was a ...
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talking about religion and podcasting with the @csraac.bsky.social folks next week

join me, Andrea Jain, Chris Stevenson, & @bradleyonishi.bsky.social

**Thursday, 22 January @ noon EST**

(thanks to @profjte.bsky.social for the invite!)

register:

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Podcasts have become a powerful tool for scholars to share ideas beyond the classroom. In an era when the traditional methods (books, articles, of engaging the wider public in scholarship and research...
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Abolishing ICE is the moderate position, or it’s our job to make it the moderate position.

Abolition was impossible before it was common sense.

Civil rights were impossible before they it became common sense.

Abolishing ICE is possible and that's what we should push for.
Moderate Dems are just never going to get on board with abolish ICE, especially after abolish-coded rhetoric in 2020 mostly failed, and given their consistent conservatism on immigration enforcement. So might as well as at least try to figure out what other pathways are out there.

Cheering them on. I have two boys with Fragile X and my wife has the Fragile X permutation as the carrier. So glad the NIH is granting in this area (wish it were granting everywhere, though, too).
Numerous studies show Christian nationalism's effect on social & political views often varies by race. In a series of papers (& a book), I'm finding CLASS is a big moderating factor. Here I find the link between CN & support for organized labor diverges by class.

Free link: doi.org/10.1093/socr...

When I saw this angle on the replay I knew it was a rich visual palate for @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, by Albrecht Dürer, 1508 (detail), 📸 via @johnewing
Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, by Albrecht Dürer, 1508 (detail), 📸 via @johnewing
Democracy calls for courage. Our newest senior fellows are answering.

We are honored to welcome voting rights activist @staceyabrams.com and New York Times columnist David French to the Kettering Foundation.

Whoa! Congrats!

One of the authors of this book is a childhood and life long friend. Can’t recommend this book strongly enough. I learned so much, particularly how these streams interact and sometimes contradict one another.
"Christian nonviolence isn’t a single school of thought, 'but rather a rich conversation wrestling with what it means to live out the biblical call to justice amid the complexities of ever-changing political, social, and moral situations.'"
sojo.net/articles/int...
What Does ‘Christian Nonviolence’ Actually Mean?
‘A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence’ offers eight different ways Christians have answered this question — and they don't all agree.
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"Christian nonviolence isn’t a single school of thought, 'but rather a rich conversation wrestling with what it means to live out the biblical call to justice amid the complexities of ever-changing political, social, and moral situations.'"
sojo.net/articles/int...
What Does ‘Christian Nonviolence’ Actually Mean?
‘A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence’ offers eight different ways Christians have answered this question — and they don't all agree.
sojo.net

And up to this point I was being productive.
It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
This is really, really great.
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It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
Check out many of the expert statements (including mine) here: www.justsecurity.org/86298/introd...
I'll never forget that day. Christian nationalism on display.

@profsamperry.bsky.social & I were asked to submit written testimony to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol.

Read & download it for free from @socarxiv.bsky.social.

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The record-breaking sack for Myles Garrett:
The “if you give a mouse a cookie” principle means that if he faces no consequences worldwide for this, he’ll go for Greenland next.

Then, rewind to 3:10, and keep an eye on the two fellas in the back, behind the synth.

Then rewind to 3:10 again, and just watch those eyebrows.

😂

One hundred percent agree

I’m legally required to reskeet anything with succession in it, but in this case, great use so no ragrets.*
Same vibe
“A lot of people are going to feel terrified, petrified, scared of what’s going to happen next."
What Trump's Medicaid cuts mean for two podcasters with Down syndrome
Medicaid-funded services are their lifeline—and make their work possible.
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Never misses. I use this over and over to help explain why certain folks just cannot believe CN is a whole thing and something to be studied. Lol.
oh wow, you're tell me a guy who contributed regularly to the federalist is a white supremacist? will wonders never cease

Thanks for this, really nice interview. And cool you were able to chat with him about these threads from his work!
Finally, I interviewed Rian Johnson about 'Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man' and we commiserated about growing up in churches that look like Pottery Barns. sojo.net/articles/cul...
Knives Out’s Rian Johnson Says He Will Always Be a Youth Group Kid
‘Wake Up Dead Man’ wears faith on its sleeve, but Johnson said all of his movies are subtly about his Christian upbringing.
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HE’S STILL GOING, FOLKS
My man looks like he snorts lines of Pixie Stix

That’s incredible. Congrats!