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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 5d

“We must build the strength to make a theological and spiritual vision of everybody-in-nobody-out a reality and create the capacity, powered by faith, to make it so. Now is the time.” — @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org

You Can’t Worship God and Money

It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 8d

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 12d

Over the past decades, not just during Trump’s terms, the use of the Bible to justify what passes for “law and order” (and the punishing of the poor) has only intensified. @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org says this is anything but new in the US.

You Can’t Worship God and Money

It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 19d

You can’t, but that hasn’t stopped Republican politicians and religious leaders from using biblical references to punish the poor. @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org

You Can’t Worship God and Money

It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

In a Trumpian world, we must build the strength to make a theological and spiritual vision of everybody-in-nobody-out a reality and create the capacity, powered by faith, to make it so. 🧵END

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

I come from the welfare rights movement with leaders like Beulah Sanders who told the Nat. Council of Churches, “We ask for your moral, personal, & financial support in this battle for bread, dignity, and justice for all of our people. If we fail in our struggle, Christianity will have failed.” 🧵10

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

From the daily bread of Exodus to the prophets who insist that the way to love and honor God is to promote programs that uplift the poor and marginalized, the whole Christian Bible has an arc of justice to it with historical equivalents of anti-poverty programs. 🧵9

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

An American battle for the Bible is not new. Slavers, industrial capitalists, segregationists, etc, cherrypicked the texts to self-justify. Now the text is used to justify “law & order”, with Gov. Huckabee Sanders, & SOTH Johnson using Romans to say, “Authorities that exist are appointed by God.” 🧵8

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

Thiel offers an “antichrist” lecture series hosted by Michelle Stephens, who writes, “While social justice movements have done a great deal to point out our society’s longstanding sins [...], it can be tempting for that message to become more prominent than our innate need for Jesus to save us.” 🧵7

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

Peter Thiel’s cohort of right-wing “Christian” politicians & technofascists are dictating policy. In July, Trump signed an EO removing housing encampments in DC. Thiel & his cohort are responsible for the attacks on unhoused people & for the arrests of faith leaders opposing this abuse. 🧵6

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

Reps. Kevin Cramer, Stephen Lee Fincher, & Mo Brooks used similar language to categorize people as worthy or not. Such “Christian” politicians misuse the Bible to blame poverty on the poor, never suggesting that the rich, who steal wages and deny healthcare, are in any way to blame. 🧵5

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

Other Republican politicians use biblical references to justify cutting people from healthcare and SNAP. Defending OBBBA, Rep. Jodey Arrington, quoted 2 Thessalonians, saying: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat. [...] I think it’s a reasonable expectation that we have work requirements.” 🧵4

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

Speaker (SOTH) Johnson & congressional republicans prayed on the House floor before codifying OBBBA, which will cut millions of Americans from life-saving food and healthcare–a bizarre counterpoint to Jesus feeding 5,000 and providing free health care to lepers. 🧵3

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

In July, DHS used the “Here I am, Lord. Send me” quote from Isaiah to recruit new ICE agents. War Sec. Pete Hegseth’s former pastor went even further to marry the Bible to anti-immigrant hatred by saying, “Is the Bible in favor of these ICE raids?… The answer is yes.” 🧵2

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

Trump’s theological apologists use Jesus’s name & the Bible’s texts to justify deadly, inhumane, & unchristian policy/action. 30 years ago, these same texts were used to prop up American imperial power & punish the poor via the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. This led me to become a biblical scholar. 🧵1

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

Speaker Johnson & congressional republicans prayed on the House floor before codifying OBBBA, which will cut millions of Americans from life-saving food and healthcare–a bizarre counterpoint to Jesus feeding 5,000 and providing free health care to lepers. 🧵3

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · 24d

In July, DHS used the “Here I am, Lord. Send me” quote from Isaiah to recruit new ICE agents. War Sec. Pete Hegseth’s former pastor went even further to marry the Bible to anti-immigrant hatred by saying, “Is the Bible in favor of these ICE raids?… The answer is yes.” 🧵2

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · Sep 11

"In a Trumpian world, where Christian extremism is becoming the norm, we must not let the words of Beulah Sanders be forgotten or the worst fears of countless prophets and freedom fighters come true."

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Theologian says the 'Trump admin and its apologists are working overtime — using Jesus' name'

It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture...

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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · Sep 9

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · Sep 10

There is never a suggestion, of course, that the rich, who have functionally stolen people’s wages and engorged themselves by denying them healthcare, are in any way to blame, writes @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org: www.commondreams.org/opinion/bibl...

Beware Rich Men Quoting the Bible to Punish the Poor | Common Dreams

The Trump administration and its theological apologists are working overtime, using Jesus’ name and the Bible’s contents in even more devastating rounds of immoral biblical (mis)references.

www.commondreams.org

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · Sep 10

"The whole of the Christian Bible, starting with Genesis and ending with the Book of Revelation, has an arc of justice to it. The historical equivalents of anti-poverty programs run through it all."

www.nationofchange.org/2025/09/10/y...

You can’t worship God and money | NationofChange

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · Sep 10

“Over the past decades, the use of the Bible to justify what passes for ‘law and order’ (and the punishing of the poor) has only intensified."

Read on!
www.commondreams.org/opinion/bibl...

Beware Rich Men Quoting the Bible to Punish the Poor | Common Dreams

The Trump administration and its theological apologists are working overtime, using Jesus’ name and the Bible’s contents in even more devastating rounds of immoral biblical (mis)references.

www.commondreams.org

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TomDispatch @tomdispatch.bsky.social · Sep 10

Theological Abominations in Trump's America
by @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org

You Can’t Worship God and Money

It was a moment somewhat like this, 30 years ago, that turned me into a biblical scholar. In the lead-up to the passage of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, political and religious leaders quoted scripture

tomdispatch.com

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Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org · Sep 9

"Such 'Christian' politicians regularly misuse Biblical passages to blame the impoverished for their poverty. There is never a suggestion that the rich, who have stolen people’s wages and engorged themselves by denying them healthcare, are in any way to blame."

Read on!
truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump Admin, GOP Continue to Weaponize Bible to Punish Poor, Defend Imperialism

Willfully misinterpreting the Bible to justify what passes for “law and order” has only intensified in recent decades.

truthout.org

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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · Sep 9

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These aren’t just prayers—they’re blueprints for liberation.

#WePrayFreedom #WeSingFreedom #LiturgiesOfLiberation

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