Matthew D. Taylor
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social
visiting scholar at @faithandjustice.bsky.social | creator: "Charismatic Revival Fury" podcast | author: "The Violent Take It by Force" | www.drmatthewdtaylor.com
I've been in NYC this week recording the audiobook for Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists (coming on October 6th). I had a few complaints about the audiobook for The Violent Take It by Force, so I decided to do this one myself.
This episode brings the entire Church & State 250+ series into the present @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social connects Christian empire, divine authority, Christian nationalism, spiritual warfare, January 6, and the religious movements now seeking power within the federal government. youtu.be/r-qKjGOmLdM
Church & State 250: Christian Supremacy and the Fight for American Power
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Pew just clocked a 34-point swing in American opinion on Israel in four years. 47% favorable in 2022 → 32% today. On today's Axis Daily Brief: the CUFI Summit, the Christian Zionist lobby, & the Christians who are backing Israel/Iran war to the hilt. axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/the-axis-d...
The Axis Daily Brief | The Young Christian Nationalists Keeping America’s War Machine Running
As public opinion sours on Israel, a young generation of evangelical leaders is stepping up to keep the war machine running.
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Looking forward to reading this and hopefully using it in my class on God and Suffering, where we critically examine theologies that cause suffering in the world.
Matthew D. Taylor@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social · 2w agoHow do you recognize Christian supremacy when you see it? A new excerpt from my forthcoming book, Defying Tyrants (out on Oct 6!) — on why the will to Christian power is a theological problem, not just a political one. open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...
Trump’s war with Iran is exposing a growing fracture inside MAGA. Meanwhile, Pete Hegseth’s testosterone crusade reveals the movement’s deeper obsession with masculinity, hierarchy, and power. Axis Live with @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social and @hollybfletcher.bsky.social youtube.com/live/YITbT9d...
Pete Hegseth’s Testosterone Crusade + Trump's MAGA Iran Disaster
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How do you recognize Christian supremacy when you see it? A new excerpt from my forthcoming book, Defying Tyrants (out on Oct 6!) — on why the will to Christian power is a theological problem, not just a political one. open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...
The Identifying Markers of Christian Supremacy
An excerpt from my forthcoming book, Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists.
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1/ Peter Thiel is out here lecturing about the Antichrist, and everyone wants to know who he means. Wrong question. New Axis Daily Brief episode from me: axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily...
Axis Daily Brief | Peter Thiel, the Antichrist, and Apocalyptic Politics
Why a Silicon Valley Billionaire’s Apocalyptic Theology Deserves our Attention.
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Today's Axis Daily Brief looks beyond the headlines about Tucker Carlson to ask a bigger question: What is this new America First coalition organized around, particularly with regards to antisemitism and Israel? We could be seeing the early congealing of a third party -- a quite dangerous one. 1/
Axis Daily Brief | Tucker Carlson and the Fight for Trump's Movement
How Tucker Carlson, the Israel debate, and a fractured MAGA coalition could reshape the 2028 presidential election
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Exactly 3 months until DEFYING TYRANTS is out in the world. It's my biblical quarrel w/ Christian supremacy—from Constantine to colonialism to today. I argue that the gospel pulls the rug out from under every tyrant. If Jesus is Lord, Caesar isn't. Preorder: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists
Christian fixation with political power is the theological emergency of our time. Matthew D. Taylor traces Christian imperialism across millennia. Both searing polemic and lyrical meditation, Defying ...
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On today’s livestream, @bradleyonishi.bsky.social, @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social and I react to the most recent SCOTUS rulings and the unhinged meltdown on the far right over the (terrifyingly close) 5-4 ruling on the constitutionality of birthright citizenship
Dr. Bradley Onishi@bradleyonishi.bsky.social · last mo.At the Axis Mundi Network, @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social goes into the weeds on the PCA's stand against Christian nationalism: axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/the-surpri...
Axis Daily Brief | The Surprising American Evangelical Denomination Pushing Back Against Right-Wing Extremism
How Constitution Era Presbyterian Values are Influencing Official PCA Rejection of Christian Nationalism, Christian Supremacy, and Kin-ism
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Tomorrow at 1:30 ET. Live in Substack and YouTube. Me, @ardenthistorian.bsky.social and @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social talk Texas Bible reading, separation of church and state, and more. Come hang out!
Pre-order DEFYING TYRANTS (out October 6) and save 25% at Barnes & Noble — today and tomorrow only (June 25–26). Use code PREORDER26 at checkout (Premium & Rewards Members). What it looks like to follow Jesus against that grain of Christian supremacy. 👉 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/defying-ty...
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EXCLUSIVE: Sometime in the last month, Tucker Carlson replaced the Amer flag in his podcast studio with an Appeal to Heaven flag. I've tracked this flag's political career for years — from an NAR prophecy in 2013 to January 6th to a dozen congressional offices. open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...
EXCLUSIVE: Tucker Carlson’s Appeal to Heaven Flag and What It Signals
This flag has a specific meaning in far-right Christian politics. Tucker Carlson just put it at the center of his studio.
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A number of prominent “America First” figures, who are breaking with Trump over the war in Iran (and his support for Israel), are reactionary Catholics. @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social explains theological and ideological nuances behind the rift within MAGA. on-the-media.visitlink.me/VXTq-c
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Something new this summer: @bradleyonishi.bsky.social & I are doing a weekly LIVE podcast every Tuesday at 1:30pm ET w/ Axis Mundi Media. Our 1st episode aired today & we got to interview @garethgore.bsky.social about this meeting with Pope Leo re: Opus Dei: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihXf...
Trump’s Secret Weapon, the SBC’s Hard Right Turn, and the Pope’s Opus Dei Showdown (Full Axis Live)
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The fight fracturing Trump's coalition isn't really about Iran policy. It's about 2000 yrs of Christian ambivalence toward Jews. Christian Zionism & Christian antisemitism aren't opposites. They're entangled theological fixations. My latest: matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/how-christ...
How Christian Zionism and Christian Antisemitism Are Tearing MAGA Apart
The war in Iran didn't just divide Trump's coalition. It exposed a contradiction at the heart of American Christian nationalism.
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Yesterday I tried my first Substack Live — w/ @wajali.bsky.social & @timwhitaker.bsky.social — about Sunday's Rededicate 250 event. Hoping to do more of these. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCif... If you haven't already, sign up for my Substack Reckonings: matthewdtaylor.substack.com
America Funded a White Nationalist Rally for Trump with TIM WHITAKER and MATTHEW TAYLOR!
YouTube video by Wajahat Ali
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🎙️ I sat down with @raushenbush.bsky.social on @interfaithalliance.org's The State of Belief podcast this week. We got into Christian nationalism, who owns the story of America's 250th anniversary, the Rededicate 250 event, & my new book Defying Tyrants. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Dr. Matthew Taylor: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists
Podcast Episode · The State Of Belief · May 16 · 55m
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The New Apostolic Reformation has been staging Christian nationalist events on the National Mall since 2000. Today they finally got one organized & sponsored by the White House – the culmination of 25 years of work. My new piece explains what it means to them: open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...
Rededicate 250 Is the NAR's Crowning Achievement
A guide to the movement behind today's White House-sponsored Christian nationalist festival on the National Mall
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I was on @msnowreports.bsky.social (Chris Jansing) this afternoon talking about "Rededicate 250" — the White House-promoted, govt-funded Christian nationalist event happening on the National Mall this Sunday. www.ms.now/chris-jansin...
White House to host 9-hour prayer festival on the National Mall this Sunday
The Trump administration is planning to host an all-day prayer festival on the National Mall this weekend. The event is raising questions about the separation of church and state. Visiting scholar at ...
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On Sunday the Trump admin is hosting a 9-hr Christian nationalist festival on the National Mall — w/ govt funding & govt speakers. I study these movements & wrote a field guide: the leaders, the agenda, the history, & what makes this event genuinely unprecedented. open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...
A Field Guide to Rededicate 250
Why we should be concerned about Sunday's White House-sponsored Christian nationalist event on the National Mall
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Colorado Springs — I'd love to see you Thursday, May 7 at UCCS. Book signing at 5pm, followed by my lecture at 6pm: "Has Evangelical Christianity Become a Threat to American Democracy?" Open to all. Bring your questions. (This is an in-person event, and I don't think there's a livestream option)
Christian nationalism isn't one movement. It's three — & they don't agree on much. Calvinist Reconstructionists. Independent Charismatics. Anti-Vatican II Catholics – They have different theologies, different agendas, & different people in Trump's ear. New post 👇 open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...
The Three Souls of American Christian Nationalism
MAGA doesn't have one spiritual center — it has three.
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Deeply honored — *Defying Tyrants* is featured in @publisherswkly.bsky.social's piece on theological & religious voices of resistance. 🙏 This is exactly the conversation I hoped the book would join. Huge thanks to my publisher @broadleafbooks.bsky.social! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Religion Publishers Say Amen to Resistance
New religion books on everything from power and democracy to faith and kindness call on readers to take political action in an increasingly divided America.
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The first review of Defying Tyrants just dropped, and I'll take it. Bob Jones at REVwords: "Taylor scandalizes Christian history to such a degree that he sent me fact-checking. Surely he was twisting facts to suit his narrative. He couldn't be right. But I was wrong." revwords.com/defying-tyra...
Defying Tyrants - RevWords
That support is the stark outcome of Christian supremacy, the subject of Matthew Taylor’s latest book, Defying Tyrants.
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Hot take with biblical receipts: Trump is not the Antichrist. But "the Antichrist" is mostly a pop-culture figure stitched together from three different Bible passages. The word the Bible actually uses — repeatedly, in the present tense — is antichrists (plural)...
New podcast interview! I joined RADICALIZED: Truth Survives to talk about my new book Defying Tyrants — a theological case for Christian resistance to authoritarianism. If Jesus is Lord, Caesar isn't. 🎥 youtu.be/Pxk_Ve3qXAI The book is out October 6th: www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
Epsiode 166: Defying Tyrants with Dr. Matthew D. Taylor
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Thrilled to be joining @julieingersoll.bsky.social, @bradleyonishi.bsky.social, & @sarahposner.bsky.social for a live taping of Reign of Error on April 23 at 7:15 PM ET. Topic: Iran, Christian nationalism, & holy war — plus a Season 2 fundraiser. Register here: www.axismundi.us/register-roe...
