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| Peter Montgomery 14-February-2024 |
. . . focuses on the threat to democracy posed by the MAGA movement’s aggressive Christian nationalism—and the stakes in this year’s presidential election. The well-timed movie, directed by documentarian Dan Partland, opens in theaters Feb. 16.
“God & Country” was inspired by the book The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, by journalist Katherine Stewart. The compelling documentary packs a lot of information into 90 minutes: some history of the modern Christian right political movement, the role that racism played in its founding, the movement’s focus on building political power, its zealous embrace of Trump, and its embrace of authoritarianism and political violence.
The Congressional Freethought Caucus sponsored a screening of “God & Country” at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in January, a site that magnified the emotional impact of footage from the attack on the Capitol three years earlier. Many of the Trump supporters who tried to prevent Congress from affirming his election defeat on Jan. 6, 2021, had been energized by religious-right leaders who told their followers that Trump was anointed by God to save Christian America.
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