Yii-Jan Lin is Associate Professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School. This interview is based on her new book, Immigration and Apocalypse: How the Book of Revelation Shaped American Immigration (Yale University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Immigration and […]
Christian nationalism
Paul Kingsnorth: “Against Christian Civilization”
In October 2024, writer Paul Kingsnorth delivered the 37th Erasmus Lecture to the Christian community associated with First Things magazine. After I read it, I could not help but wonder what the audience in attendance at this lecture thought about […]
Albert Mohler: “I don’t think we can run from someone calling us a Christian nationalist…God’s truth is to be translated into civic law”
Watch: He seems to gladly embrace the label “Christian nationalist.” At the end he says to the man who asked the question: “I hope that makes sense.” Actually, it doesn’t make sense to me. Either the state privileges Christianity or […]
Were the Puritans “Christian nationalists”?
I encourage you to read Bob Smietana’s piece at Religion News Service. It is titled, “We tried Christian nationalism in America. It went badly.” It’s a good piece of reporting on modern-day Christian nationalists like Charlie Kirk, Al Mohler, and […]
No Josh Hawley, the United States was not “founded on revival”
I included this in today’s roundup, but I wanted to call attention to it again. Yesterday Missouri senator Josh Hawley spoke at MAGA worship leader Sean Feucht’s Washington D.C. rally. Here is part of what he said: It’s a privilege […]
Interview: Peter Bell and “Sons of Patriarchy” podcast
“When does a movement go from fringe to mainstream?” This is the question with which Peter Bell opens his new podcast, an in-depth examination of the movement Doug Wilson started, but whose tentacles extend far beyond Moscow, Idaho. I am […]
For the record: If a flight attendant tells you to have a “blessed” evening while exiting an aircraft it is not a marker of “creeping Christian nationalism”
Sometimes those on the cultural left say the quiet part out loud. In doing so they reveal the same level of ignorance found on the MAGA right. Apparently Clara Jeffery, the editor of left-wing Mother Jones magazine, was offended when […]
Seven Mountain Dominionist Lance Wallnau is hosting a ‘town hall” with JD Vance
Last weekend I was in Anderson, South Carolina speaking to a group of progressive Christians. I devoted one of my lectures to Christian nationalism and mentioned Lance Wallnau, one of the most prominent Seven Mountain Dominionists in the country. None […]
Video: “The Role of the Bible in the Founding of the United States and Religious Mandates in Public Schools”
Here is the video of the AHA “History Behind the Headlines” series. Glad to join Jim Grossman, Jon Butler, Holly Brewer, and Heath Carter for this discussion:
Ryan Walters, David Barton, and Steve Deace call on evangelicals to help carry Trump to victory in November
Ryan Walters is Oklahoma’s state superintendent of public instruction. He is calling for a “complete overhaul” of the Oklahoma social studies curriculum to emphasize Christianity and American exceptionalism. David Barton is a conservative activist who uses the past to promote […]
Albert Mohler: “I want to maximize the Christian commitments of the state, the civilization”
The National Conservatives are meeting this week in Washington D.C. Speakers include Stephen Miller (Trump immigration adviser), John Eastman (indicted lawyer who tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election), Walter Russell Mead (Bard College), Megan Basham (MAGA writer), R.R. […]
Are Christian values American values?
Short answer: No. Short nuanced answer: Sometimes Christian values can overlap with American values. Was America founded as a Christian nation?: No Was Christianity important to the founding generation and did the founders believe that Christianity was good for the […]
“Popular information”
An alleged Christian Nationalist training program for Florida public school teachers may be a nothing-burger after all.
This is the guy running for governor of North Carolina
Here is David Graham at The Atlantic: A decade ago, Mark Robinson had a dead-end job and a nasty habit of posting anti-Semitic, homophobic, and sexist screeds on Facebook. Today he is North Carolina’s lieutenant governor. This November, he could […]
The “Appeal to Heaven” flag was a revolutionary-era symbol. The “Appeal to Heaven” flag is a Christian Nationalist symbol
Not familiar with the Samuel Alito “Appeal to Heaven” flag controversy? Get up to speed here. I am seeing a lot of tweets like this: What Reed and Pence fail to recognize is that symbols like the Pine Tree Flag […]
Albert Mohler, Doug Wilson, and Steve Bannon will speak at the National Conservatism conference in July
The National Conservative movement is hosting its fourth annual conference in July. Watch: Speakers include: Albert Mohler (President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Steve Bannon (Trump adviser and alt-right leader) Josh Hawley (U.S. Senator from Missouri) Stephen Miller (Trump adviser and […]
This is what Christian nationalism looks like:
I have been critical of those who use the phrase “Christian nationalist” to describe anyone who wants to bring their Christian faith to bear on public life. But Christian nationalists do exist. Here is Joel Webbon: Learn more about him […]
Robert Kagan on antiliberalism and Christian nationalism
Here is an excerpt from Kagan’s book Rebellion: How Antiliberalism is Tearing America Apart. The excerpt is published today at The Washington Post: Trump not only acknowledges his goals, past and present; he promises to do it again if he […]
Christian nationalism, democratic discourse, and people from New Jersey trying harder
Last night I spoke at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania as part of a “Courageous Conversations” program sponsored by five area churches. The topic was “Christian Nationalism.” I spoke for about forty minutes and tried to […]
Jesus and the powers
I am looking forward to reading N.T. Wright’s and Michael Bird’s new book Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies. This morning I got a small taste of the argument as […]