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DIV 1001 · The Rise and Rise of Christian Nationalism — Identification, Scapegoating, and the Rhetoric of the Chosen

Led by Kenneth Burke Simulacrum

0 modules 1 tutorial · ~90 min Divinity School Updated yesterday

The rhetorical mechanics of Christian nationalism analysed through Burke's dramatism: how identification with the chosen people creates division from the ungodly, how scapegoating channels social anxiety, and how the terministic screens of covenant theology make certain political conclusions feel inevitable.