Christian nationalism centers on preserving white conservative dominance.

Evidence

Christian nationalism is obsessed with power. … Why is it concerned primarily with power? Because the final goal of Christian nationalism rests in safeguarding a space where white, culturally and religiously conservative, natural-born citizens occupy the unquestioned center of the culture and enjoy privileged access to interpersonal, organizational, and institutional control. As author and organizer Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove says, “White Christian nationalism is the cultural product of people who want to hold on to power.” — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 226

Categorization

• DEFINE: States the book’s core thesis about what Christian nationalism is actually for.
• XREF: connects to: White Christian politics since the 1970s has leaned toward domination and control — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 209; Whiteness alone links Christian nationalist belief to right-wing political mobilization — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 81; Christian nationalism conflates whiteness with Christian American identity — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 14 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalism conflates whiteness with Christian American identity #expands (0.90) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 14
• White Christian identity is conflated in conservative rhetoric with whiteness itself #expands (0.89) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 165
• Christian nationalism fuses ethnic, racial, and political hierarchy with religious identity #expands (0.87) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 66
• White Christian nationalism fuses race and faith into one ethno-traditionalist identity #expands (0.86) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 122
• Whiteness alone links Christian nationalist belief to right-wing political mobilization #expands (0.85) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 81
• Christian nationalist zeal indexes commitment to a threatened racial and gender hierarchy #corroborates (0.84) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 45
• White Christian nationalism fuses a specific Christianity with American civic life #expands (0.78) — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 141