CWT444: Obedience & Orthodoxy: Faith, Nation, and the Machinery of Control (AKA: Who Gets to Tell You What’s Good?)

from Critical Wade Theory · host Wade Wainio

There’s a line we hear often in political speeches. “The Bible says...” or “One nation under God.” Those phrases are meant to stir something in us — pride, unity, a sense of higher purpose. But really, they’re just fusions of religion and nationalism designed to secure one thing: obedience.

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