Separation of church and state: no longer so separate?
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Distrust of government blended with strains of Christian fundamentalism can produce a violent form of Christian nationalism, a scholar explains.
Supporters of President Trump put up a cross outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,
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The fusing of Christian nationalism and violent extremism on display during the attack on the US Capitol can be traced, in part, to two incidents in the early 1990s.
A surveillance photograph of Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge, 1992.
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The radical right has a keen sense of its own history, and the violence of the 1990s is still fresh in its memory.
Harney County residents gather to protest the FBI’s presence at the airport in Burns, Oregon, January 31, 2016.
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Race may have played a role in the muted federal response to the standoff at Malheur Wildlife Refuge, but it goes deeper than that.