Christian nationalism is a distinct ideology irreducible to racism, sexism, or xenophobia.
Evidence
Despite these close connections with economic views, sexism, racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia, however, Christian nationalism is not synonymous with or reducible to any or all of these. Rather, Christian nationalism operates as a set of beliefs and ideals that seek the national preservation of a supposedly unique Christian identity. Voting for Donald Trump was for many Americans a Christian nationalist response to perceived threats to that identity. — Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry, and Joseph O. Baker, Make America Christian Again, 44
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines Christian nationalism as distinct from adjacent prejudice constructs — a useful boundary-drawing clarification.
- XREF: Real work on the Trump coalition — e.g., in sociology of religion or the 2016 election literature — would connect where the construct boundary is drawn. — connects to: Christian nationalism, not evangelical identity itself, predicts Trump voting. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 232; An ideology can outlive and outspread the demographic group that created it — Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry, and Joseph O. Baker, Make America Christian Again: Christian…, 142; Hierarchy-enhancing ideologies span religion, nationalism, racism, and even speciesism. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3215 (+1 more)
Related
- An ideology can outlive and outspread the demographic group that created it (similarity 0.85)
- Christian nationalism is a dynamic ideology, not a single founding belief (similarity 0.85)
- Christian nationalism is a cultural framework, not a political theology (similarity 0.84)
- Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry, and Joseph O. Baker — Make America Christian Again Christian Nationalism and Voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election (similarity 0.84)
- Christian nationalism conflates whiteness with Christian American identity (similarity 0.84)
- Christian nationalism, not evangelical identity, drives conservative support for Trump (similarity 0.84)
- Christian nationalism fuses ethnic, racial, and political hierarchy with religious identity (similarity 0.83)
- Christian nationalism differs from the Christian nation narrative in its boundary-preserving intent (similarity 0.83)
- Christian nationalism is not an exclusively evangelical ideology (similarity 0.83)
- Christian nationalism encodes racialized national membership boundaries including anti-Muslim exclusion (similarity 0.83)
- Christian nationalism is a political ideology, not a religious creed. (similarity 0.83)
- Christian nationalist zeal indexes commitment to a threatened racial and gender hierarchy (similarity 0.83)
- Christian nationalism exerts unique unrecognized influence on American political division (similarity 0.83)
- Scholars conflate Christian nationalism with its statist variant. (similarity 0.83)
- Christian nationalism bundles political ideology with cultural religious claims (similarity 0.82)
Broader Connections
- Hierarchy-enhancing ideologies span religion, nationalism, racism, and even speciesism.
#complicates(0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3215