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Over the weekend, thousands of people participated in the \u201cRededicate 250\u201d national public prayer at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., held as a faith-based \u201cjubilee\u201d to purportedly celebrate the country\u2019s upcoming birthday as \u201cOne Nation Under God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite being widely promoted \u2014 and the Interior Department using at least $100 million in taxpayer funds to help hold the event \u2014 the jubilee was reportedly sparsely attended, with news agencies\u2019 photographs showing many empty seats near the main stage, including when President Donald Trump appeared to speak to the people gathered.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s appearance was likely a letdown for those who attended. The president did not appear in person, but rather via a three-minute prerecorded video message, showing him reading a passage from the Bible. The recording was from a nationwide reading of the Bible last month, indicating that Trump didn\u2019t provide an original message for the jubilee.<\/p>\n

Instead of attending the event in person, Trump reportedly spent the day golfing. <\/p>\n

Other prominent Trump administration members \u2014 including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth \u2014 also only appeared through recorded video statements. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), a noted Christian nationalist, did speak in person.<\/p>\n

Critics questioned the true purpose of the event. While it was billed as a \u201crededication of our country as One Nation under God\u201d open to all faiths, only one non-Christian speaker took part in the national prayer. The rest of the day featured Christian figures who promoted far right ideals, leading some to disavow the event as a promotion of Christian nationalism.<\/p>\n

Before his speech, Johnson lambasted those critics in an interview with Fox News<\/em> and implied that the term \u201cChristian nationalism\u201d shouldn\u2019t be viewed negatively.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe naysayers who have created this new term \u2018Christian nationalism\u2019 as a pejorative, a derogatory term, are trying to silence the influence and voices of Christians, and I think that\u2019s wildly inappropriate,\u201d Johnson said. <\/p>\n

In reality, Christian nationalism isn\u2019t a new term. Rather, it is an ideology that seeks to blend far right, often extreme, ideals of Christian thought with government policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cClaims of \u2018loving Jesus\u2019 and \u2018instilling biblical principles\u2019 are focused on favoring a specific expression of Christianity to elevate, legitimate, and ultimately achieve a very particular vision for the United States,\u201d reads an explainer on Christian nationalism from the Charles Kettering Foundation. \u201cThis vision serves to defend the privileges of one group while chipping away at the fundamental tenets of an inclusive democracy where Americans of all or no religious faith can participate.\u201d <\/p>\n

Speaking about the Rededicate 250 event specifically, Rachel Laser, president of the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the ceremony \u201cshould alarm all Americans who are patriotic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn America, we separate church and state in order to protect religious freedom for all,\u201d Laser said, additionally denouncing the event as \u201ca government-sponsored national church service\u201d that was \u201cextremely problematic.\u201d <\/p>\n

For many years now, Christian nationalists have pushed the idea of Trump as their leader, despite Trump exhibiting little, if any, understanding of Christian principles. <\/p>\n

Earlier this month, several far right religious leaders were part of a dedication ceremony for a golden statue of Trump at his Miami-based Doral golf course. Critics noted at the time that the ceremony had eerie similarities to the Old Testament story of the Golden Calf, a parable warning against the worship of false idols, which is strictly forbidden by the Ten Commandments. <\/p>\n

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