Two political scientists explain why Christian nationalist beliefs endure.
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From the Civil War to the Cold War, existential fears have fueled claims that America is a Christian nation, a historian of US Christianity explains.
Hegseth is a member of the CREC, whose beliefs are rooted in a 20th-century movement called Christian Reconstructionism. The movement calls for the implementation of biblical law.
There has never been a singular Christian perspective on how religion, power and politics ought to relate to each other – not even in medieval ‘Christendom.’
Christian Reconstructionism, a little-known movement to rebuild society on biblical law, can often shape US debates over religion, politics and education.
Although thousands of Americans embraced fascist ideas during the interwar years, a new study examines why the US has had little appetite to remember that past.
New laws mandating the Ten Commandments’ display in schools have faced lawsuits in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Anti-immigrant housing policies have been cast as a way for citizens to access more housing, but they fail to prevent the shortages driving the crises.
Right-wing Christian nationalists saw him as a standard-bearer for religious values and libertarians praised what they saw as his commitment to debate.
For Americans who do not follow evangelical Christian media, James Dobson may not have been a household name. Yet the views he promoted shaped US society for more than 50 years.
The Seven Mountains Mandate calls on Christians to gain influence, or ‘take dominion,’ over seven key areas of culture: religion, family, education, government, media, business and the arts.
The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, or the CREC, has a highly patriarchal and conservative interpretation of Scripture.
Over the years, the Southern Baptist Convention has spoken out against many efforts to advance LGBTQ rights, writes a scholar who studies Southern Baptists.
How has white Christian nationalism changed since the Gilded Age? A religion scholar compares the Social Gospel with the Christian right today.
Some Americans hear claims of anti-Christian bias as a signal of white solidarity, according to a 2024 study.
The conservative think tank’s efforts to dismantle the Education Department go back more than 40 years, a scholar writes.
Support and opposition to Christian nationalism are linked to people’s moral values more than religious, racial and political tribalism.
The phrase ‘so help me God’ is believed to be a part of the presidential oath ever since George Washington is said to have used it 236 years ago. Except, says a historian - there is no evidence of it.
The coordination and ideological rigor of The Order made them an outlier among white supremacist groups.
The ‘Courage Tour,’ a religio-political rally, is going around battleground states. It is focused on defeating Democrats, but also on defeating ‘demonic forces.’
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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Baylor University
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Executive Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of History and African-American Studies, University of Montana
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Assistant Professor of Early Christian History and Literature, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Academic Dean and Professor of Hebrew Bible, Knox College, University of Toronto
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Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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