The Rise Of The Jim Crow Theobros
How a network of pastors and influencers is repackaging segregationist theology—and finding an audience for it online.
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(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men. Its audience is small but growing, and their movement has ties to powerful religious and political figures.
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