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Researcher of right-wing religious fundamentalism reveals Putins close ties to National Prayer Breakfast organizersSARAH K. BURRIS
19 JUL 2018 AT 00:06 ET
Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina was spotted on a C-SPAN video feed of the National Prayer Breakfast, but an expert in right-wing fundamentalism isnt shocked. Jeff Sharlet is a researcher and author on the GOPs C Street house in Washington, DC and The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.
What people dont understand about the National Prayer Breakfast, is its not a government event, Sharlet explained. Its run by a private, sectarian, fundamentalist organize called The Fellowship and The Family that believes in precisely this kind of action. In fact, the long-time leader of the organization has called it quiet diplomacy, back channel, back door interactions between international leaders, that they use the prayer breakfast to bring them together. As recently as a year ago, the current leader, Doug Burleigh, was predicting alliance between [President Donald] Trump and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. He predicted that that at a Russian prayer breakfast.
Former Department of Homeland Security Official Juliette Kayyem explained that Butina wasnt always in the United States on a student visa. Prior to that, she was allowed to come into the U.S. as a guest of the NRA, sponsored through their partnership with a Russian pro-gun organization.
Sharlet explained that the cozy relationship between Christian conservatives and Russians stems from the conservatism in Russia, mainly Putins crusade against LGBT people and revival of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Fellowship, that organizes the National Prayer Breakfast, particularly admire him because theyre theology, their religious view, is built around their understanding of Jesus, the strong man. They believe Christianity gets it wrong when speaking to every day people. Theyre called to administer to elites like Trump and Putin, who can bring peace together. Thats their vision. Thats what they created the prayer breakfast for.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/researcher-right-wing-religious-fundamentalism-reveals-putins-close-ties-national-prayer-breakfast-organizers/
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Researcher of right-wing religious fundamentalism reveals Putin's close ties to National Prayer... (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2018
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. Dots keep connecting
Awesome
badhair77
(4,216 posts)3. I am guessing the common ground between The Fellowship/The Family
and Putin is not faith but money and power. Oh, and severe conservatism and anti-gay madness.
JHB
(37,158 posts)6. Plus Vlad is well-trained at manipulating those with...
...such an intense focus on their own overweening ambitions that they welcome "allies" who they think will further it.
dalton99a
(81,451 posts)4. Because Vladimir Putin is a great Christian
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)5. Another reason why religion isn't allowed in government or schools.
Bc contrary to what these thugs say, it doesn't make ANYTHING better.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)7. Welcome to Gilead (and not the one Roland Deschain hails from)