The US Christian-nationalist blueprint is being translated and exported abroad

Evidence

In 2017, following Drollinger’s visit to eastern Europe, CapMin’s director of the “Eurasia Affinity Sphere,” Oleg Rachkovski, urged members to “please pray that God will bless our efforts to establish new ministries this month in the countries of Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.” Rachkovski translated Drollinger’s 2012 book, Rebuilding America: The Biblical Blueprint, into Russian; it was retitled Building a Nation. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 181

Categorization

• CANDY: ‘Rebuilding America’ retitled ‘Building a Nation’ in Russian for east-European capitals is a nicely ironic tidbit.
• XREF: connects to: Christian nationalist ministry networks are expanding globally into foreign capitals — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 180; Christian nationalism is a global, not uniquely American, phenomenon; Translation covers can embed nationalist mythology within the target culture — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 791 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalism is a global, not uniquely American, phenomenon #expands (0.90)
• Nationalist theory translations were politically deployed to intervene in local conflicts #expands (0.78) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 828
• Translation covers can embed nationalist mythology within the target culture #complicates (0.72) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 791