'Truly frightening': New DHS ads raise alarm for Christian nationalism expert

'Truly frightening': New DHS ads raise alarm for Christian nationalism expert

Brad Onishi, a scholar of religion with the University of San Francisco who has written extensively about Christian nationalism, raised red flags on MSNBC on Wednesday about the rhetoric the Department of Homeland Security is using to recruit people to become deportation officers for the Trump admin...

DHS Ad Uses Bible Verses to Recruit Agents, Scholar Warns

Key Takeaways – A scholar warns that a DHS ad uses Christian nationalist themes. – The ad links a Bible verse to military and deportation imagery. – Experts say this blurs lines between faith and government power. – Critics fear it pushes a holy war idea into public service jobs. – This marks a new level of religious rhetoric from an official agency. Introduction The Department of Homeland Security posted an ad that alarmed a religion scholar. T…