Scot Nakagawa directs the 22nd Century Initiative and writes The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook on Substack.

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Theological Uncertainty Is a Condition. Abandonment Is a Decision

by Scot Nakagawa 07-01-2026

A letter to Christians on trans neighbors and the authoritarian road map.

Illustration by Mariana Ocejo

THE AUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT reshaping American public life has a Christian vehicle—and it is the fastest-growing sect of Christianity in the country today.

The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), which seeks an explicitly Christian command of government, is no longer fringe. It’s running the show. The “Seven Mountains” dominionist theology instructs followers to place government, media, education, arts, business, family, and religious institutions all under Christian control. That’s happening.

The Seven Mountains Mandate is a published road map for Christian authoritarian takeover. They are already “sending the bus” to capture the rights of transgender Americans. Attacks on progressive and mainline Christians are a later stop on the same route.