When God Becomes the State: How Religious Nationalism Risks the Republic
By Rebecca M. Bell
When God Becomes the State: How Religious Nationalism Risks the Republic
By Rebecca M. Bell
“The only thing this world needs is to know God.”
It’s a common refrain— framed as comfort, but really an ultimatum.
The claim sounds simple enough: turn back to God and the world will right itself. But whose God? And whose version of “right”? The quiet threat underneath this message is what makes it so potent: if you don’t share the speaker’s faith, you’re not just lost— you’re part of the reason the country is failing.
