Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@bwreed @CarisAdel Rios Montt, also a member of an Orange County-based Pentecostal church. His ascension to power included 'rural pacification programs' actively supported by US evangelical groups, as a sign of divine intervention in Central America. digitalcommons.trinity.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=hist_faculty

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @jasonhickel A notable sequel, the evangelical auxiliary of American power. By the 1980s, U.S. evangelical groups were helping sanctify the order the 1954 coup created—championing Ríos Montt as a “brother in Christ,” and the genocide he effectively led as a crusade against communism.Quoted by@jasonhickel A notable sequel, the evangelical auxiliary of American power. By the 1980s, U.S. evangelical groups were helping sanctify the order the 1954 coup created—championing Ríos Montt as a “brother in Christ,” and the genocide he effectively led as a crusade against communism.Quoted by@ShaneClaiborne @CommonPrayer @RedLetterXians @wilsonhartgrove @EnumaOkoro And let’s not forget the role of US-sponsored religion in Guatemala at that same time, shall we?