Christian Nationalism is Authentically Christian — And According to a New Poll Most White Evangelicals are Supporters
Christian Nationalism is Authentically Christian — And According to a New Poll Most White Evangelicals are Supporters
When I attended K-12 evangelical Christian schools in the 1980s and 1990s, we didn’t call ourselves Christian nationalists; we just called ourselves Christians. As the pious Christians we were (compelled to be), we memorized Bible verses for assignments, attended mandatory weekly chapel services, an
They're getting more radical because they know they're dying out and losing the culture war. This goes beyond the scope of the poll referenced in the article, but I've always wondered what percentage of Christian nationalists today can trace their lineage back to people who fought for the Confederacy. The idea that the present CN movement is connected (albeit distantly) to the Civil War is a fascinating (if also disturbing) thought.
I think it is cosplay. It would take a lot of evidence to convince me that there has been this secret cabal of lost cause since 1865 and only now showing strength.
Yeah, I accept it may totally not be the case that there's a significant connection. However, I didn't mean to imply that I suspected there was some sort of organized group behind it; merely that a significant portion of CNs today inherited their views across generations from former Confederate soldiers. So, more that the current CN movement is, in part, the legacy of the Civil War, not that there's been this secretive organization of Confederates that have been waiting across generations for the right moment to start a coup and "win" the war they lost 150 years ago.
One of the larger Chinese Evengelical Churches in the US is a stone's throw away from my place. I know a few people who attend there and their children are taught the Bible in Hebrew and Mandarin.
Everytime I pass it I get this odd feeling like this is going to be a source of some Dues ex machina one day. Like out of nowhere there is going to be this wave of Chinese American Christians who are trained to organize and do apologetics. Suddenly there is a new group that can terrify any political leader.
Or it will be a footnote to a footnote in US history.