Christian nationalism is a technologically modern movement, not a premodern relic

Evidence

In their pursuit of money, just as in their efforts to mobilize voters, Christian nationalists have displayed a high degree of sophistication and technological capability. There is a tendency on the part of those outside it to view the movement as a premodern phenomenon clinging to ancient doctrines that have long been destined for the archives of history. In fact, this is a modern movement in every respect. It is modern in its methods, which include high-tech data-mining operations and slick marketing campaigns. It is also modern in its doctrines, which notwithstanding their purported origins in ancient texts have been carefully shaped to serve the emotional needs of its adherents, the organizational needs of its clerical leaders, and the political needs and ambitions of its funders. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 45

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘Contrarian or surprising’ claim pattern that modernity-challenging movements are themselves modern in technique — echoes themes from the reader’s broader knowledge of reactionary modernism. — connects to: Christian nationalism is a dynamic ideology, not a single founding belief — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 51; The Christian nationalist movement is forward-looking activism, not nostalgia for tradition — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 22; Rising public attention to Christian nationalism does not mean it is growing — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 171