Christian nationalist leaders recruit nonwhite evangelicals to secure their demographic future.
Evidence
But the leaders of the movement can read the demographic future just as well as you or I can. Many of them understand very well that the electoral future of Christian nationalism is not ethnically homogenous. They can also see, as some members of majority-white American congregations cannot, that some of the fastest-growing varieties of evangelicalism in America are in the charismatic and Pentecostal vein, and these are explicitly multiracial movements. A number of the more farsighted leaders are therefore making a conscious effort to include and empower conservative Christians of color. At the very least, they are doing what they can to collect their votes. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 308
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to ch4 claims about bottom-up capture of government and elite inside channels — the multiracial recruitment is another strategic layer. — connects to: White evangelical identity centers on patriarchy, gender difference, and Christian nationalism — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 16; Christian nationalists are a militant minority, not a moral majority — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 1072; Christian nationalism conflates whiteness with Christian American identity — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 14 (+2 more)
- SEED: Article angle: the demographic pragmatism of a movement usually depicted as white-supremacist—how leaders reconcile racial inclusivity with racial purity demands.
Broader Connections
- Christian nationalism conflates whiteness with Christian American identity
#expands(0.85) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 14 - White evangelical identity centers on patriarchy, gender difference, and Christian nationalism
#expands(0.75) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 16 - Christian nationalists are a militant minority, not a moral majority
#expands(0.72) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 1072