According to teacher, the “anti-abortion movement” and” climate change denial” are “innately linked” and “innately related,”
A Vanderbilt University associate professor said during a conference held by the University of California Los Angeles on Monday that the pro-life activity uses the Bible to” strengthen white social power.”
Additionally, Professor Sophie Bjork-James criticized pro-life activists for denying climate change and focusing purely on the abortion issue.
Two additional associate professors were present at the lecture, which was titled” Misusing the Bible: White Evangelicalism and Christian Nationalism in America.”
According to the celebration description, the group discussed “how Evangelicalism and Christian Nationalism employ and misappropriate bible and historical sources to support their narratives.”
Some pro-life advocates point to the Bible to back up their claim that “many scriptural scholars claim that abortion is not even utterly a biblical theme, and many also contend that it is not one of the main honest themes,” according to Bjork-James.
No matter how much birth has progressed, God does not consider the infant as a soul, according to Dallas Theological Seminary Professor Bruce Waltke.
Additionally, Bjork-James made reference to writer Jennifer Holland, who “describes the anti-abortion movements as the civil rights movement for light folks.”
For conservatives, the abortion debate is “like slavery or the Holocaust… there’s no grey area involved,” according to Bjork-James.
Fetuses have evolved into symbols of life, depictions of life itself, and a person’s spiritual personality, she said. The infant is “almost like a common good that must be protected,” according to pro-life advocates.
If babies are viewed as the new hypermarginalized party, the doctor said, it would be similar to defending them in a novel civil rights movement.  ,
She claimed that comparing pregnancy to” servitude, the Holocaust, issues about really severe forms of prejudice or like societal violence” legitimizes their position.
” And we can also see in this activity, really a way to help strengthen white social power without having to say, speak about whiteness,” she said.
The professor added that the “anti-abortion motion” and” climate change denial” are “innately related,” and that both come from christian support for capitalism and a theology that places animal life before nature.
According to her, there has been a “long record of organized opposition to discourse within evangelicalism.”
She criticized evangelicalism for limiting human moral drama to a planet-less perspective. She said that stopping only on pregnancy is a way to “pivot apart from other issues.”
That “hurts a lot of people,” Bjork-James said,” and I think that is really what allows for them to strengthen their strength within a broader traditional plan.”
Capitalism is spiritual within” Christian nationalism,” she said, and environmental laws are viewed as threats to freedom.
” And the fact that severe ongoing climate change poses a threat to people, at least organized individual existence, remains outside of their purview,” Bjork-James said.
White conservatives continue to be the largest socioeconomic group in the US and so the world, “denying the reality of climate change,” she said.
Another speaker, University of Tennessee Knoxville Assistant Professor Brooklyn Walker, criticized Christian nationalism, which she described as” a set of beliefs that the country is of, by, and for Christians.”
She claimed that Christian nationalism frequently “in misguided techniques” and “out of environment” to connect America’s founding papers and guidelines to the Bible.
Additionally, the speech claimed that it results in less compassion and anti-discrimination.
In addition to supporting political violence, Walker cited instances of Christian patriots using the Bible to justify voting reduction.
Christian patriots show an accessibility to using force and power to intimidate or solitude people, she said, rather than occupying space for those in the public square.
Because its members have found themselves at the center of political power,” Christian nationalism is a strong pressure today.” The January 6th rebellion, the first violent change of political power, was led by Christian nationalists, she claimed.
Lastly, Walker brought up the idea of “anti-Christian nationalism,” which she claimed is inspired by themes like spiritual diversity, compassion, and “respect for all.”
She came to the conclusion that” the Bible has designs that are both restrictive and inclusive” in that regard.
The Bible is, in turn, influence various philosophies, according to Walker.
The last speech, associate professor Michael Fisher of Ohio State University, also criticized Christian nationalism, claiming that it frequently relates to” bright racial personality” and” white supremacy.” He claimed that President Donald Trump abused his position to impose a patriotic Christian mission.
Fisher even questioned whether black Christians were ever a part of the Christian movement, claiming that” the majority of black Christians ‘ beliefs are fundamentally different from those of white people who qualify as Christian separatists.”
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During an interview with the Reproductive Righteousness Project and YouTube, Sophie Bjork-James discusses contraception.
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