Weekly Roundup: The Sin of Empathy and the Theology of Terror From Minnesota to Davos

Weekly Roundup: The Sin of Empathy and the Theology of Terror From Minnesota to Davos

Published: January 23, 2026

Duration: 1:03:39

Straight White American Jesus digs into the Minnesota church protest that’s been framed as “anti-Christian”—and explains why that framing collapses on contact. Brad Onishi and Dan Miller connect the dots between City’s Church, ICE, Doug Wilson’s theological orbit, and the ideology behind The Sin of Empathy, showing how a strain of Christian nationalism produces pastors who see no contradiction between pulpit ministry and state violence. What looks like an isolated protest turns out to be part of a much larger story about power, theology, and the weaponization of “law and order,” with unsettling links that stretch from Min...

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