Straight White American Jesus Weekly Roundup: The Sin of Empathy and the Theology of Terror From Minnesota to Davos
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Jan 23, 2026 They unpack a Minneapolis church protest and its ties to Christian nationalist theology and ICE actions. They trace a strand of anti-empathy religious thought and how it normalizes state violence. They cover grassroots resistance, the detention of a child, a mistaken arrest, and clergy-led backlash. They close by linking these local fights to global threats from Davos and rising authoritarian rhetoric.
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Theology Shapes State Violence
- Joe Rigney helped plant City's Church and later became Doug Wilson's right-hand, linking the church to an anti-empathy theology.
- That theology frames empathy as a moral failing, enabling support for state violence like ICE raids.
Child Detention Reveals Policy Brutality
- ICE detained a five-year-old and moved him across state lines without notifying family, causing widespread outrage.
- Brad Onishi contrasts this treatment with right-wing complaints about a church protest to highlight hypocrisy.
Lawlessness Meets Incompetence
- ICE agents dragged a U.S. citizen half-naked into the snow after failing to verify targets were in custody.
- The episode shows incompetence, racial profiling, and disregard for constitutional protections.
