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A new documentary that claims to be a film opposing Christian nationalism instead is a hit piece that broadsides all Christian conservatives, say two Christian writers who have watched it.<\/p>\n
God and Country\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(PG-13), released this month, \u201ctakes a closer look at the dangerous implications\u201d of Christian nationalism and \u201cexplores how a base of Christians has radically stoked a movement erasing the line between Church and State,\u201d its website<\/a> advertises. Rob Reiner is a producer.<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew T. Walker, the managing editor of World Opinions and an associate professor of Christian ethics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, says the film missed its mark. His story called it a \u201chit piece.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a biased vilification of conservative Christians that is little more than an exercise in fanning progressive wrath,\u201d Walker wrote in a new column at\u00a0World Opinions<\/a>. \u201cAdmittedly, the documentary landed a few good punches in its criticisms. Did it rightly call out a lot of cringe and horrible theology done to defend Trump? Yes. Some of the precincts in conservative evangelicalism deserve scathing criticism for sycophantically excusing or defending Donald Trump\u2019s many flaws. But one need not be a theological or political liberal to make that criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n The film, Walker said, smears social conservatives.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDo you oppose abortion? If so, that\u2019s a marker of Christian nationalism,\u201d Walker wrote, alluding to the film\u2019s theme. \u201cDo you oppose LGBTQ ideology? If so, that\u2019s a marker of Christian nationalism. Do you oppose critical race theory? If so, that\u2019s a marker of Christian nationalism.\u2026 That\u2019s what one learns from the film.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The film \u201cended with an extended discourse on abortion,\u201d Walker wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOf course, it also ended with a reference to the \u2018least of these\u2019 in Matthew 25<\/a>, but apparently with no regard to asking whether the unborn qualify as \u2018the least of these.\u2019 The documentary is as intellectually serious as that argument.<\/p>\n\n