Righteous Violence? What I Heard Inside the ‘Holy Wars’ Conference
Inside the Christian nationalist “Holy Wars” conference in Franklin, Tennessee (Photo: Phil Williams) By Phil Williams - Posted at Confront the Hate - Find the Hope : Published October 27, 2026 FRANKLIN, Tenn. — As a child raised in a fundamentalist Christian home, I had often looked into the mirror and seen one of God’s heroic soldiers. I knew songs of Christian warfare by heart, and I belted them out as I marched toward imaginary battles in which I was often the victor, on other occasions melodramatically giving my life for the cause of Christ. “Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before!” Even more heroically, there was the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” “As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, while God is marching on.” Those childhood memories flooded my mind as I recently attended the Christian nationalist “Holy Wars” conference in Franklin, Tennessee. The gathering was sponsored by the CrossPolitic podcast...
