James Aho

“Christian Patriots”

Christian Patriot Worldview

Organic Constitution and Legitimate Authority (81)The Christian Patriot movement distinguishes between

Law and Morality and Legality and Legalese.

Law: Organic Constitution (Constitution and Bill of Rights)

Morality: The Bible

Legality/Legalese: Any legal statute inconsistent with Law and Morality. (They are not morally obligated to obey them)

Christian Patriot Worldview

Christian Patriot Critique of Government (82)Christian Patriots distinguish between Secular (Worldly)

Authority and Secular Power.

Secular Authority: Drawn from Organic Constitution (Constitution and Bill of Rights) or the Bible. (Binding on CP movement.)

Secular Power: Enforcement based on State Power. (Not

Binding on CP movement.)

Christian Patriot Worldview

Christian Patriot Critique of Government: ZOGMost in the Christian Patriot movement see the US

government as illegitimate. It possess Secular Power not Secular Authority.

ZOG: Zionists Occupation GovernmentUS Government is a satanic cabal committed to

subverting God’s will by supporting equality for sinners, the morally unqualified.

Christian Patriot Movement

Why People Join CP movement? (83)

Lipset and Raab Analysis: Status Displacement (83)

Reactionary Politics as “Cultural Baggage” (84)

Christian Patriot Movement

Critique of Lipset and Raab: Analysis Too Sweeping (84)

Lipset and Raab Evolving Theory: Status Preservation (84-85)

Christian Patriot Movement

Can Status politics Explain CP movement? (85)

Lipset and Raab: Yes

John Simpson Critique of Lipset and Raab: Don’t Understand History

Christian Patriot Movement

RW movements and Econ Stress: Do Not Correlate (86)

Aho Theory: (Hofstadter): RW Movement Related to Fundamentalism (87)

Need to Understand Intersect of Religion and RW (87-88)