Imagining An American Theocracy: The Satire of Tony Hendra

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There is a growing movement of Christian nationalism in the US, and opposition to it is growing just as fast.

So what might a Christian theocracy actually look like?

Leave it to renowned satirist Tony Hendra to fill in some of the blanks. I mean, who better than one of the original editors of the National Lampoon?

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In 2006 Tony Hendra wrote a satire called The Messiah of Morris Avenue. Set in the not too distant future it imagined what might happen if Jesus Christ returned, but not at all in the way many Christian fundamentalists think He will.

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Now keep in mind this interview was done almost 20 years ago, but see if you don’t think it sounds really relevant today.

So here now from 2006 Tony Hendra.

Tony Hendra died in 2021, at age 79.

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