Book description
Demonization has increasingly become central to the global religious and political landscape. Passing Orders interrogates this centrality through an analysis of evangelical "spiritual warfare" demonologies in contemporary America. Situating spiritual warfare as part of broader frameworks of American exceptionalism, ethnonationalism, and empire management, author S. Jonathon O'Donnell exposes the theological…
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The principle of Spiritual Warfare has been at the heart of some Christian movements since the 1970s. The idea is that demons are constantly attacking believers and that these demons must be fought off by the community in a variety of different ways.
I love how O’Donnell carefully tracks a few of the demons that conservative Christian communities consider “major players,” like The Jezebel Spirit and Leviathan. So much great textual work is done in this book!
From Michael's list on why Evangelical Christians believe demons are influencing US elections.
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