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6 timestamped hits 4 source readings 4 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-03-05, day precision Aliases: jerusalem, jerusalems, new-jerusalems

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new Jerusalem

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...see is Christian nationalism to return to America's roots as the new Jerusalem at the city on the Hill. That's that's about it. And..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...see is Christian nationalism to return to America's roots as the new Jerusalem at the city on the Hill. That's that's about it. And..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Belief Is Reality, and History Follows Sacred Scripts (2026-03-05, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Belief Is Reality, and History Follows Sacred Scripts; The Meritocracy Eats Its Children; The Bureaucracy That Forgot How To Discover.

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Key Notes

new Jerusalem

Glossary

Jiang's description of how Christian Zionists imagined America in the historical chain from England to American apocalyptic politics.

new Jerusalem

Glossary

The Catholic Church understood as the city of God on earth, enabling humanity to step out of ordinary history into spiritual devotion.

Historical interpretation in the 2025-04-01 lecture.

diagnosis

Jiang argues that Newton's influence helped promote Christian Zionism in England, from which believers later went to America imagining America as the new Jerusalem.

Historical interpretation in this lecture.

model

The Catholic Church becomes the city of God, the new Jerusalem, and the basis of the Holy Roman Empire as a project to create heaven on earth.

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Relevant Lectures And Readings

The Meritocracy Eats Its Children

2025-09-12, day precision · alias-match

Reading

The lecture turns meritocracy from a school virtue into a trauma machine: Harvard invents selection as power preservation, Yale trains insecurity as ambition, and the winners become actors who can promise goodness while serving...

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