The February issue of The Atlantic magazine features a major article by Stephanie McCrummen titled, The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows: Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
It’s a hair-raising read for those who value secular government, religious pluralism, and separation of church and state -- not to mention LGBTQ civil rights, reproductive justice, and public education. NAR seeks to dominate all areas of life, and some think it may take a religious war to get there.
In response, Political Research Associates (PRA) is hosting a webinar titled “The Atlantic has published a major article on NAR: Now what?”, scheduled for February 13th at 2PM EDT. It will be led by Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Director of Strategic Partnerships at PRA. Please register here in advance. A recording of the webinar will be sent to everyone who registers, whether or not they are ultimately able to attend.
We are honored that Stephanie McCrummen will join us to discuss her reporting. Before joining The Atlantic as a staff writer, she was a national reporter at The Washington Post where she won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
We have asked several people to answer the general question, what now? Meaning, how does this add to or change our thinking? What should we do in response?
Scot Nakagawa is the Executive Director of the 22nd Century Initiative whose essays on authoritarianism and resistance can be found in The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook on Substack.
Matthew D. Taylor is the Senior Protestant Scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies and is the author of The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement that is Threatening Our Democracy.
John C. Dorhauer is the former General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, and former Chair of the National Council of Churches. He is also the coauthor of Steeplejacking: How the Christian Right is Hijacking Mainstream Religion.
Frederick Clarkson is a Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates. He is the author of hundreds of articles over four decades and is the author of Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy.
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