Christian Nationalism 101

White Christian nationalism represents a cultural framework that fuses a particular expression of Christianity with American civic life, threatening both democracy and authentic Christian faith. Scholars like Andrew Whitehead and Sam Perry demonstrate through rigorous data that Christian nationalism—not Christianity itself—drives political violence, authoritarian control, and policies that disproportionately privilege white, native-born conservative Christians while marginalizing everyone else. From motivating the Jan. 6 insurrection to shaping contemporary voting patterns, this ideology operates through wealthy donors, conspiratorial thinking, and a mythologized vision of America that betrays the gospel while advancing political power.