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Christian nationalist appeals are proprietary claims or calls to arms, not value-based religious pleas

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Christian nationalist appeals are proprietary claims or calls to arms, not value-based religious pleas

Evidence

This distinction helps us understand why Christian nationalist rhetoric reemerges every four years during presidential campaigns or during times of heightened cultural conflict. It helps us understand why Ambassadors of Christian nationalism vote for famously impious and immoral candidates while also consistently taking particular stances on social and political issues. Appeals to someone’s religion, in this case Christianity, may involve a plea to live out transcendent Christian values of love, mercy, or justice. Appeals to Christian nationalism, by contrast, involve either a proprietary claim or a call to arms, always in response to a perceived threat. In short, Christian nationalism is all about power. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 280

Categorization

  • SEED: An essay angle: the defining tell of identity politics in any guise is that it flags a perceived threat and demands defense of ‘ours,’ regardless of the moral content of actual doctrine.
  • XREF: connects to: Christian nationalism functions as a power grab disguised in religious language, not genuine piety — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 455; Christian nationalist adherence is primarily political rather than religious — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 214; For Christian nationalists, family-policy stances serve political boundary-making, not personal morality — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 433 (+1 more)

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