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| New J. Edgar Hoover Biography Tacitly Urges Purging The FBI Of Christians And Conservatives |
| 2023-04-07 |
| [The Federalist] In February, an FBI memo was leaked labeling traditional Catholic Christians as potential terrorist threats. The memo also implied those who attend the Latin Mass are potentially racists. Catholic leaders quickly complained at the injustice of the pretext for surveillance of their coreligionists, noting the grave First Amendment infringement of the FBI surveilling conservative Christians and that Latin Masses draw Catholics from many ethnic groups. Even left-wing Catholics came to traditionalists’ defense. The FBI later retracted the memo, but for many it was yet another sign that many federal agencies have been politicized and now serve as arms of the far-left wing of the Democratic party. In his recent book, "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover," Stanford University religious studies professor Lerone A. Martin paints the FBI under Hoover as fervently Christian and conservative, smearing conservatives and Christians by association with the famously authoritarian Hoover. In his epilogue, Martin reveals one of his principal goals of "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover": "canceling" Hoover and a radical reform of the FBI. His final chapter includes a detailed plan of reforms he desires for the FBI. MIXING GOVERNMENT POWER WITH RELIGIOUS IMPULSES "The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover" also explores a little-known facet of Hoover: his Christianity. Hoover was born in a devout Presbyterian household in Washington, D.C.’s Capital Hill neighborhood. As a child, Hoover studied the Westminster Shorter Catechism as well as the Bible. Hoover studied law at George Washington University, eventually joining the Justice Department and then the Bureau of Investigation. After Hoover rose to director, Martin claims Hoover attempted to create a Christian culture at the bureau, penning articles for publications such as Christianity Today and inviting agents to Jesuit retreats. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Going to the Teagle Foundation website tells you all you need to know . Like Bennet Serf's egg, you don't need to eat the whole thing to know it's rotten. |
| Posted by: Sgt.D.T. 2023-04-07 16:12 |
| #4 Makes sense. They need people who will do what they are told, not people who think for themselves. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2023-04-07 09:56 |
| #3 So now the Bureau has the religion of wokeness which includes climate change and diversity and total devotion to the Democratic leadership. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-04-07 08:54 |
| #2 Oct 13, 2020 · Lerone A. Martin, associate professor of religion and politics and incoming director of the American Culture Studies program in Arts & Sciences, received a $250,000 grant from The Teagle Foundation to develop and implement a summer humanities program for promising, underserved high school students from the St. Louis region. April 8, 2020. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-04-07 08:48 |
| #1 Not sure of the timeline, but the bureau has most definitely crossed the Rubicon. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-04-07 08:45 |