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With the rise of former President Donald Trump we've seen Christian nationalism rise too. A poll from Politico showed that a majority of Republicans favor declaring the United States a Christian nation. For the Rev. Jennifer Butler, it's a threat not just to democracy but to religion.
Rev. Jennifer Butler was a guest on MSNBC's Morning Joe to talk about how the majority of people of faith support access to legal abortion care and why white Christian nationalism is dangerous to Christians.
Faith in Public Life Founder in Residence Rev. Jennifer Butler joins Zerlina Maxwell to discuss why it's imperative that faith leaders share their support for abortion access and the impact that overturning Roe v. Wade will have on their congregations.
The Rev. Jennifer Butler has been a leading voice for decades in the faith-inspired movement for justice. She's spent her career mobilizing religious communities to address the AIDS epidemic, advocate for women's rights, and counter religious extremism.
We talk with Rev. Jen Butler, CEO of Faith in Public Life and author of Who Stole My Bible?, about leading an interfaith network of religious leaders, watching community organizing in action in Belize, and how a group of Muslim women inspired her to finalize her ordination.
Rev. Jennifer Butler, Presbyterian minister, President of Faith in Public Life, and author of "Who Stole My Bible?" discusses a recent article examining Christian Nationalism under the lens of Christian orthodoxy.
The 1954 tax law known as the Johnson Amendment is meant to temper just how much religion and politics collide. The blurred line between politics and religion is nothing new. Seeing politicians in the pulpit is about as normalized as seeing the pastor himself.
Books by Jennifer Butler include "Who Stole My Bible?" and "Born Again: The Christian Right Globalized."
Jennifer Butler joins to discuss the right-wing's manipulation of religion. She is committed to amplifying the connection between faith and social justice, has the heart of a community organizer, and is an ordained minister.
When we talk about voters who are people of faith, religious conservatives get most of the attention. But with liberals increasingly energized, some faith leaders want to rally religious voters for progressive causes. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.
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