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SOURCE: The New Yorker
7/13/2023
Josh Hawley Earns F in Early American History
by John Nichols
"The origins of the misquote, which has circulated for years in Christian nationalist publications, can be traced to that 1956 article in The Virginian, a segregationist-era publication that Willamette University history professor Seth Cotlar has described as 'virulently antisemitic & white nationalist'.”
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SOURCE: MSNBC
7/5/2023
Hawley's Use of Fake Patrick Henry Quote a Revealing Error
The Senator's tweet repeating a false quotation that asserted the United States had an explicitly Christian founding is more than a case of being suckered by online misinfomation; it reflects his Christian nationalist politics.
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SOURCE: The Nation
3/29/2023
David Hollinger on Christianity's Place on the Right—and the Left
The historian discusses his new book on Christianity in America and the changes that have made the religious more conservative as the society became more secular.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
3/27/2023
How "Christian" is Christian Nationalism?
Historian Kathryn Gin Lum, among other scholars, helps to shed light on the paradox that those who believe America is a "Christian nation" hold that view with greater militancy even as religious observance declines.
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SOURCE: Vice
3/21/2023
Leaked Emails Show Christian Nationalist Anti-Trans "Holy War"
“Stopping the existence of transgender people and the acceptance of trans people in the public sphere is to them some sort of religious imperative,” according to historian Thomas Lecaque.
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SOURCE: Substack
2/15/2023
The Threat of Christian Nationalism
by Kristin Du Mez
"Because Christian nationalists believe that God is on their side and that the fate of Christian America is at stake, among staunch adherents there is no space for compromise."
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SOURCE: The New Republic
2/14/2023
DeSantis Knows Path to Victory Runs Through Right-Wing Churches
by Katherine Stewart
Ron DeSantis's efforts to outflank Donald Trump to win the allegiance of Christian nationalists will determine whether he can become the GOP nominee. The lengths he's gone to already to court that constituency should scare supporters of democracy.
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SOURCE: New York Review of Books
1/25/2023
Victimhood and Vengeance: The Reactionary Roots of Christian Nationalism
by Linda Greenhouse
Three books offer illuminating and distressing insight on the eruption of Christian nationalism, a "deep story" in American cultural history that, when its adherents feel denied the power they expect, guides potentially violent vengeance.
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SOURCE: The Bulwark
11/14/2022
So Close and Yet Shofar: Where Does MAGA Go From Here?
by Annika Brockschmidt and Thomas Lecaque
There is not likely to be any course correction after the defeat of Trump-endorsed candidates as long as they continue to double down on false accusations of election fraud and rally around symbols of Christian nationalism.
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SOURCE: Dallas Morning News
11/8/2022
Who Is a Christian Nationalist?
by Samuel L. Perry and Andrew L. Whitehead
New survey data says that the growing Christian Nationalist movement is broader than previously believed, and a potential political force in many places.
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SOURCE: TIME
11/7/2022
Christian Nationalists Terrorized My Childhood. They're More Powerful Now
by Silas House
"As I watched the storming of the Capitol in horror I saw the Christian Nationalism of the outsider church I grew up in on display for the whole world to see."
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SOURCE: The Conversation
11/2/2022
The Past and Present of Christian Nationalism in America
by Eric McDaniel
"Christian nationalism is a religious and political belief system that argues the United States was founded by God to be a Christian nation and to complete God’s vision of the world. In this view, America can be governed only by Christians, and the country’s mission is directed by a divine hand."
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SOURCE: Christianity Today
10/31/2022
Christian Nationalism Debates Show Multiple Views of Society – and History – Among US Christians
Historian John Fea and other scholars discuss how the idea of Christian nationalism evokes different understandings of religion in history and how that history should guide the future.
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SOURCE: Faith and Leadership
11/1/2022
Broken Faith: What Must Christians Do About the White Nationalists Among Them?
by Anthea Butler
"Three major forces have combined to lead us perilously close to disaster: conspiracy theories, racial and historical panics, and the increasing language of spiritual warfare."
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SOURCE: Current
10/27/2022
What Does It Mean to Be Baptized for Trump?
by John Fea
100 Trump supporters were baptized last week in Pennsylvania, at a rally featuring a who's who of MAGA world. A Christian historian wonders: what do we make of a spiritual commitment to Trumpism, and of the political appropriation of the conversion experience?
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SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
10/24/2022
Conservative Colleges are Winning the Culture Wars
by Adam Laats
While battles over abortion information and teaching racism get headlines, Hillsdale College and other conservative institutions are quietly following the model created by Bob Jones University in the 1970s to push conservative Christian curricula into schools across the country.
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SOURCE: MSNBC
8/25/2022
Bannon's Threat: An Army of Christian Nationalists
by Anthea Butler
As conservative churches feel free to intervene directly in politics, will the midterms be swayed by an army of evangelical poll-watchers and door-knockers?
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SOURCE: The New Republic
8/23/2022
The Growth of the Right-Wing Sect Advancing Christian Nationalism
Beneath broadly held notions of Christian nationalism lies a distinct theology. If you hear "spiritual warfare" in political speech, you're hearing the New Apostolic Reformation—though its adherents are secretive about it.
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SOURCE: The Bulwark
8/22/2022
White Christian Nationalism is Out in the Open Now
by Annika Brockschmidt and Thomas Lecaque
The boundaries of acceptable discussions of the relationship of religion and civil authority and citizenship have shifted on the right as political candidates now treat the label "Christian nationalist" with defiance instead of denial, and deploy a mythical version of the past to justify their views.
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SOURCE: The Nation
8/9/2022
Theocracy Now! The Forgotten Influence of L. Brent Bozell on the Right
Long overshadowed by compatriot (and brother-in-law) William F. Buckley, Bozell's aggressive advocacy of theocratic reaction was a key wellspring of resurgent Christian nationalism, particularly its Catholic varieties.
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