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Has the phrase “Christian nationalism” lost its meaning?

John Fea   |  November 23, 2021

Over at The Week, Samuel Goldman makes some good points. Here is a taste: It’s easy to find criticisms of Christian nationalism, which dominate both academic and popular discussions of the subject. It’s far more difficult to locate advocates, at least...

David and Tim Barton think Jefferson was a “real Christian.” But could he be an elder in their church?

John Fea   |  November 5, 2021

Here is the Wallbuilders Facebook page: The strange part of this post is that the Bartons are promoting Jefferson as a real Christian, but if he applied for the elder or deacon board at their church his application would be...

Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?

John Fea   |  July 3, 2021

I’ve had a lot to say about this topic in the past. Today, however, I am just going to offer some resources. For those inspired by Independence Day weekend to do some reading or viewing: Was America Founded as a...

How do Christian nationalists deal with the Establishment Clause?

John Fea   |  June 22, 2021

Recently, a scholar in another discipline asked me how Christian nationalists who study the American past “ignore, navigate around, or distort the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.” I address this in Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?: A...

Christian nationalism lectures at Derry Presbyterian Church in Hershey

John Fea   |  April 29, 2021

Learn more here. Also some interesting church history:...

What the heck is Rick Santorum talking about?

John Fea   |  April 26, 2021

Please do not get your American history from my former U.S. Senator. Here is part of a recent lecture to the Young America’s Foundation: Let’s just get some facts straight: Some, but not all, Europeans came to North America to...

Martin Luther King Jr’s Christian nationalism

John Fea   |  February 6, 2021

This is a piece I wrote in 2011 when I was doing a column at Patheos: When we think of the defenders of a Christian America today, the Christian Right immediately comes to mind. We think of people like Glenn...

For most of U.S. history, Americans were Christian nationalists. Or were they?

John Fea   |  February 4, 2021

I hear a lot of people talking about “Christian nationalism” these days, but I don’t hear a lot of deep historical thinking on the subject. In the first four chapters of my book Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?,...

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