Weaponized Religion

From Christian Identity to the NAR

By: John Collins

Narrated by: John Andrew Collins

A gripping exposé that exposes the dark underbelly of modern religious movements. This meticulously researched work uncovers the unsettling connections between the Christian Identity movement and the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), revealing how religion has been weaponized for political gain and social manipulation.

Collins takes listeners on a journey through history, from the early 20th century to the present day, uncovering the alliances, ideologies, and figures that have shaped these movements. With a narrative that is both engaging and alarming, the book explores the rise of Christian nationalism, the evangelical money machine, and the apocalyptic visions that drive these groups. Each chapter unveils a new facet of this complex web, from the sinister strategies of apostolic networking to the eerie predictions of end-times revival.

Listeners will be captivated by the detailed accounts of charismatic leaders and their often destructive influence, as well as the chilling parallels between these religious movements and extremist political ideologies. Weaponized Religion is not just a book; it is a call to awareness, urging listeners to recognize the profound impact these movements have on society and the danger they pose to the democratic principles we hold dear.

Perfect for those interested in religious studies, political science, and contemporary history, Weaponized Religion is a must-listen for anyone seeking to understand the powerful forces shaping today's religious and political landscape. Download now to uncover the truth behind the headlines.

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Pulling the curtain back

If you’re one of those Christians who inherited a belief system and have coasted along, going through the motions and cherry picking verses to validate what you want to believe, this book or not your socks off.

Everyone who claims to be a believing Christian should have at least a working knowledge of where the Bible came from, how it evolved, how the doctrines evolved, and who the leaders and the leadership that has been handed to you were.
Mr. Collins does an excellent job explaining all the connections and revealing an unfortunate and scary situation.
Is it any wonder that many see the leader of America as a prosperity evangelist?

Misinterpreted and misappropriated traditions from the Yudaens.

The White Christian Identity (WCI) ideology represents a deliberate misappropriation of Semitic theological categories, particularly those found in early Hebrew interpretive traditions such as the Mishnah and Midrashic speculations on the lineage of Qayin (Cain) ben Samaʾel. In these sources, Cain is sometimes linked mythologically to Samaʾel—the fallen angel—making him symbolically the “father of the Gentiles” (see Genesis Rabbah 22:2; cf. Louis Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews, Vol. 1, p. 110–112).

Rather than preserving this dualistic cosmological order of Semitic thought—in which Cain’s line and Adam’s line are symbolically contrasted—WCI reinterprets it in reverse, projecting Cainite descent onto Adamites and Judaeans themselves. In doing so, the ideology distorts the dualism of Hebrew cosmology, replacing a symbolic mythic opposition with a racialized Gentile-centered framework.

This ideological inversion is eclectic and syncretistic, borrowing selectively from biblical, apocryphal, and rabbinic traditions but reinterpreting them through the lens of white supremacist militancy. It merges mytho-cultural categories into a racial doctrine, which is a form of theological eclecticism and cultural theft (cf. Barkun, Religion and the Racist Right: The Origins of the Christian Identity Movement, 1997).

By redefining the descendants of Adam and Judaeans as “people of Cain,” WCI departs radically from both Jewish and early Christian exegesis. This makes the ideology not only heretical within a Semitic framework but also logically incoherent, since it collapses a symbolic cosmological dualism into a racialized narrative that Scripture itself does not support (cf. Genesis 4–5, where Adam’s lineage continues through Seth, not Cain).

In short, WCI is a mytho-cultural misappropriation of Semitic dualistic cosmology—what one might call heretical eclecticism. Its inversion of Cain’s role within the Hebrew interpretive tradition renders it, from a scholarly standpoint, even more irrational than the texts it falsely claims to draw authority from.