A panel discussion with Thomas Lecaque (Grand View University) and Jennifer Carlson (University of Arizona). Moderated by Jeffrey Fagan (Columbia Law).

Gun culture in America has deep and varied roots. But the merging of contemporary Christian nationalism and this culture is a worrisome and dangerous trend in need of much greater exploration. In this discussion, leading experts on guns in relation to religion, race, policing and the law address the trend in a broad outline, while also highlighting particular developments related to Christian nationalist imaginaries: marketing of the "Crusader" rifle; liturgical use of AR-15's by Rod of Iron Ministries; the proclamation of the AR-15 as the gun of apocalypse by former Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin; and the use of bullet rosaries by some branches of radical traditionalist Catholics.