Christian nationalism encodes racialized national membership boundaries including anti-Muslim exclusion

Evidence

Rather, Christian nationalism, especially when it is held strongly by white Americans, appears to reinforce boundaries around national group membership, encouraging antipathy and mistrust toward those who do not meet the membership requirements of native-born, Christian, and white—namely, racial minorities, nonwhite immigrants, and Muslims. Christian nationalism expresses a particular racialized understanding of national identity. It allows those who embrace it to express a racialized identity without resorting to racialized terms. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 91

Categorization

• XREF: Directly bridges to Islamophobia works in the vault; also links anti-Muslim sentiment to a racial rather than religious framing. — connects to: Christian nationalist zeal indexes commitment to a threatened racial and gender hierarchy — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 45; Christian nationalism fuses ethnic, racial, and political hierarchy with religious identity — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 66; Christian nationalism fuses moral traditionalism, authoritarian control, and ethno-racial boundaries — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 142 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalism fuses ethnic, racial, and political hierarchy with religious identity #corroborates (0.85) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 66
• Christian nationalism fuses moral traditionalism, authoritarian control, and ethno-racial boundaries #corroborates (0.85) — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 142
• White Christian nationalism fuses race and faith into one ethno-traditionalist identity #corroborates (0.85) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 122
• Christian nationalism conflates whiteness with Christian American identity #corroborates (0.80) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 14
• Christian nationalism resists even immigrants who share the same faith #expands (0.80) — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 666
• Christian nationalism is a flexible ideology used to support and oppose racial injustice alike #complicates (0.70) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 165