Calls for a more Christian nation function as calls for greater patriarchy

Evidence

Because the “Christian” content of Christian nationalism tends to revere cultural traditionalism in all its forms, social science consistently demonstrates that calls for a “more Christian nation” are essentially calls for a more patriarchal social and political system within our families, congregations, and political institutions. — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 103

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the earlier complaints-about-immodesty work on moral panics as class/identity signaling; also connects to the moral-panic and group-signaling literature on nationalism. — connects to: Illiberal religious choices can be autonomous rather than imposed by patriarchy — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 488; Evangelical patriarchal culture prioritized obedience to authority over compassion and justice — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 653; Theological defenders gave patriarchy scriptural authority beyond popular masculinity trends — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 381 (+5 more)
• SEED: Angles toward a piece on how ‘more Christian nation’ rhetoric covertly targets gender hierarchy rather than doctrine.

Broader Connections

• White evangelical identity centers on patriarchy, gender difference, and Christian nationalism #corroborates (0.88) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 16
• Christian nationalist zeal indexes commitment to a threatened racial and gender hierarchy #corroborates (0.83) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 45
• Illiberal religious choices can be autonomous rather than imposed by patriarchy #complicates (0.82) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 488
• Theological defenders gave patriarchy scriptural authority beyond popular masculinity trends #expands (0.80) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 381
• Complementarian institutions and SBC conservatives networked to make patriarchy orthodoxy #expands (0.79) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 386
• Evangelical patriarchal culture prioritized obedience to authority over compassion and justice #corroborates (0.78) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 653
• Evangelical leaders framed feminism as a conspiratorial threat to family and national sovereignty #expands (0.75) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 339
• Evangelical support for military might fused theology with masculine power #expands (0.74) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 260