White American Christian institutions have become a primary engine behind the country's autocratic slide by endorsing anti-democratic tactics.

"In Jones’s diagnosis, white American Christianity has committed a profound act of apostasy by trading its spiritual core for political dominance. By endorsing anti-democratic tactics, white Christian institutions have become the primary engine behind the country’s autocratic slide." #uspol #democracy #religion https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/03/robert-p-jones-backslide-interview

“In Jones’s diagnosis, white American Christianity has committed a profound act of apostasy by trading its spiritual core for political dominance. By endorsing anti-democratic tactics, white Christian institutions have become the primary engine behind the country’s autocratic slide.” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/03/robert-p-jones-backslide-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other