Christian Patriot movement

Christian Patriot movement

The Christian Patriot movement is a movement of American political commentators and activists. They promote various interpretations of history and law with the common theme that the federal government has turned against the ideas of liberty and individual rights behind the American Revolution, and America's Christian heritage.[1]

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Ideology

The movement promotes various interpretations of history and law with the common theme that the federal government has turned against the ideas of liberty and individual rights behind the American Revolution, and America's Christian heritage. This ideology holds that state and federal governments are agents of an arcane conspiracy to deprive Americans of their rights as "sovereign citizens." This conspiracy can, however, be undermined through various legal pleadings from English common law and other sources, such as a motion to require a court to address a defendant in a particular way.[2] The ideology persists despite numerous court rulings that have declared its theories frivolous.[3]

Growth and decline

The movement grew during the 1990s after the Ruby Ridge incident and the Waco Siege appeared to confirm the suspicions of Christian Patriots.[4] The movement maintained ties with the militia movement of the same period. A highly publicized federal confrontation with Christian Patriots occurred in 1996, when Federal marshals arrested the Montana Freemen.[2] After 2000, the original movement became defunct and the term Christian Patriot was increasingly adopted by conservative Christians self-identifying themselves[who?] as patriots.[citation needed] Conservative Radio Talk Show hosts like Jon Arthur and Alex Jones have taken the movement to the next level via radio broadcasting vowing to "Take America Back"![citation needed]

See also

References

Further reading

  • Aho, James (1995). The Politics of Righteousness: Idaho Christian Patriotism. 
  • Durham, Martin (2000). The Christian Right, the Far Right and the Boundaries of American Conservatism. 
  • Gallaher, Carolyn (2003). On the Fault Line: Race, Class, and the American Patriot Movement. 
  • Kushner, Harvey W (1998). The Future of Terrorism: Violence in the New Millennium. 
  • Martin, Gus (2006). Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues. 
  • Niewert, David A (1999). In God's Country: The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest. Pullmam, Wash.: Washington State Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0874221756. 
  • Schlatter, Evelyn A (2006). Aryan Cowboys: White Supremacists and the Search for a New Frontier, 1970-2000. 
  • de Armond, Paul (1996). "Christian Patriots At War with the State". 

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