Religious-right leaders openly seek dominance over all American institutions

Evidence

Many Americans still mistakenly believe that leaders of the religious right confine their attention to a few hot-button concerns and that if we could just find “common ground” on, say, abortion, the hostilities would cease. The religion I found in Tulare, however, is mostly about money and power. The speakers on Drollinger’s stage declare their intention to dominate every aspect of life in America, from government to education to the economy, in accordance with their religious “principles.” The real issue at the Capitol Ministries fund-raiser is that the proponents of this antidemocratic vision no longer seem to feel the need to disguise their ambitions. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 220

Categorization

• XREF: Reinforces the broader thesis developed throughout this book that the religious right is a political power movement, connecting to earlier chapters’ documentation of Christian nationalism’s ambitions. — connects to: Christian nationalist Bible-study groups aim to saturate every level of US government — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 179; Religious Right leaders cultivated fear to sustain their own political success — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 568; American ideological society justifies domination through divine mission — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 66 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• American ideological society justifies domination through divine mission #expands (0.85) — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 66
• The Christian Right has long openly pursued suppression of rival voters #expands (0.85) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 311
• Religious Right leaders cultivated fear to sustain their own political success #expands (0.82) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 568
• Christian nationalist priorities transformed American democratic institutions #expands (0.82) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 24
• Christian Statism pursues exclusive state power over cultural dominance #complicates (0.80) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 44
• Influential evangelical leaders mobilized institutional machinery against Muslim-Christian dialogue #exemplifies (0.80) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 510