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AStern

(601 posts)
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:44 PM Nov 1

A Professor Researched Charlie Kirk for Years... Here's What He Discovered.



Pick up a copy of Dr. Boedy's book: https://amzn.to/3JjnqQA

Matthew Boedy was targeted by Turning Point USA in 2016 and listed on its “professor watchlist” after speaking up against allowing concealed guns on college campuses. As one of the foremost experts on Turning Point USA and its founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, Boedy exposes their role in perpetuating Christian nationalism in the United States and the threat to democracy they pose. With a background in journalism, an MFA in creative writing, and a PhD in rhetoric, he is a dynamic and experienced scholar whose first book, Speaking of Evil, explored the evolving rhetoric surrounding evil. Boedy currently teaches rhetoric and composition courses at the University of North Georgia and lives in Gainesville, Georgia, with his wife and two daughters.

About his book, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy:

“A sobering assessment of the evolution of Christian nationalism.” –Publishers Weekly

Exposing the decades-long plan to radically transform America, from Bill Bright and Loren Cunningham’s 1975 “seven mountains” vision to Charlie Kirk’s 2020 praise of Donald Trump for embracing it, The Seven Mountains Mandate reveals how prosperity preachers and political operatives are destroying democracy under Trump’s second administration.

The movement to install a populist strongman in the White House with a game plan for enforcing right-wing policies and catering to evangelical Christians started well before Donald Trump’s first candidacy. For decades, a well-funded network of religious and political operatives has been quietly working to dismantle democracy and replace it with Christian theocracy. Their strategy? The seven mountains mandate—a plan to seize control of seven key pillars of American society and reshape the nation.

Scholar Matthew Boedy exposes how this movement—driven by prosperity preachers, extremist politicians, and right-wing power brokers—laid the groundwork for Trump’s presidency and is now advancing its agenda under his second administration. From local school board elections to billion-dollar megachurches, this multipronged effort is reshaping the country in ways most Americans don’t even realize. Discover what has motivated the key players in this movement, how they’ve operated, and what is the unprecedented role of millennial “kingmaker” Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and the new face of Christian nationalism and the seven mountains movement, who believes that “we finally have a president who understands the seven mountains of cultural influence.”

Today’s news is so much more than the scattershot orders of an extreme administration. With Project 2025 policies in motion, the seven mountains movement is closer than ever to its goal of turning America into a Christian nationalist state. Leaders of this movement have been playing a long game, undermining democracy to establish a theocracy, but it’s not too late to halt their progress and reverse the tide. This book reveals what’s happening behind the scenes—and what you can do to stop it.
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Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
1. The summary/text is much appreciated. Good scholar & the christian dominionist movement is theocratic & authoritarian.nt
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:51 PM
Nov 1

Norrrm

(3,400 posts)
2. Those millions of republicans want an authoritarian gov't but they mistakenly think they will be the few thousand elites
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:29 PM
Nov 1

Those millions of republicans want an authoritarian gov't but they mistakenly think they will be the few thousand elites actually in charge.

Those millions are useful tools for those who will actually be in charge.

One poster called it a 'new social feudalism age'.
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Same/same for those who want our country to be Christian run.

When a theocracy takes over America, which church (Christian of course) will be in charge?

We have plenty of people who want to be the Christian Ayatollah of America.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
3. no law
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:34 PM
Nov 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof


(I'm preaching to the choir.)

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,477 posts)
9. Hmmmm, well I guess were safe.
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 02:33 PM
Nov 2

All MAGA faithful fully respect the constitution.


One of the worst tricks the RW propaganda machine pulled off was convincing millions that the Establishment Clause didn't mean what it means.

Seems, we (Americans) let things slide when we should have been adamantly rejecting even the tiniest injection of religion into government. No Ten Commandments on government property, no "under god" in the Pledge, no prayers in Congress, No money to religious schools, etc.

I've given some donations to the Freedom From Religion Foundation over the years, but should have been more involved in spreading their existence & mission.

KitFox

(468 posts)
4. I am remembering reporting about C Street and its secretive Christian Nationalist organization, "The Family " from 15
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 07:07 PM
Nov 1

or more years ago. It got coverage because of the John Ensign (Nevada Senator) scandal and cover up. Conservative Congressmen Freedom Caucus members still live there and Mike Johnson is completely affiliated with all of it. Also remembering all of the ultra conservative ALEC model legislation drafted and pushed through red state legislatures. Thank you for sharing this post and video. They are full steam ahead and gathering power galore by pulling the strings of their vacuous, narcissistic, useful idiot they have cleverly sidelined with his golden palace redecorating pursuits. I really appreciate this post. Thanks again!

Martin Eden

(15,172 posts)
6. Christian Nationalism? More like Christo-Fascism
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 07:37 PM
Nov 1

Their Christianity is a cloak for bigotry and greed.

Delmette2.0

(4,451 posts)
7. Barry Goldwater once said
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 09:48 PM
Nov 1

"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise."
I don't know exactly when he said this but it was about 1964. He was right!!

czarjak

(13,322 posts)
8. We were allowed to go see Goldwater campaign in 5th grade.
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 12:29 AM
Nov 2

1964 exactly. He had to walk by our class to make his entrance.

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