In his new ebook, Dr. Matthew D. Taylor sheds mild on the alarming rise of authoritarianism in Christian nationalist actions. In The Violent Take It By Power: The Christian Motion That Is Threatening Our Democracy, Matthew explores the rise of the New Apostolic Reformation, a radical motion inside American evangelicalism that’s mobilizing in help of Trump and different far-right leaders. This week, he joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, host of The State of Perception, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio program and podcast, to debate how this motion intertwines charismatic religion with excessive politics, a harmful mixture that culminated within the January sixth assault on the Capitol – and continues to hold over democracy as a significant risk.
Emphasizing the necessity for a cohesive pro-democracy motion, Matthew and Paul evaluation methods for countering the influence of extremist teams by training and persuasion – highlighting the significance of reaching out to those that could have been misled however can nonetheless be engaged in constructive dialogue.
“We have to attempt to discover all of the allies we are able to, all the man vacationers we are able to, and attempt to construct a coalition that’s pro-democracy. And I see the sides of that. I see the glimpses of that, and it fills me with hope as a result of I believe there are people who find themselves listening to the higher angels of our nature proper now. We’d like their voices to be louder. We’d like them to be amplified.”
– Matthew D. Taylor, Ph.D., senior scholar and the Protestant scholar on the Institute for Islamic Jewish Christian Research, specializing in Muslim-Christian dialogue, Evangelical and Pentecostal actions, non secular politics within the U.S., and American Islam. Earlier than coming to ICJS, Matt served on the Georgetown College and The George Washington College school. He’s a member of the American Academy of Faith and the North American Affiliation of Islamic and Muslim Research. Dr. Taylor’s literary and visible works embody Scripture Folks: Salafi Muslims in Evangelical Christians’ America, the audio-documentary sequence “Charismatic Revival Fury: The New Apostolic Reformation,” and his newest ebook, The Violent Take It By Power: The Christian Motion That Is Threatening Our Democracy.
