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Christian nationalist zeal indexes commitment to a threatened racial and gender hierarchy

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Christian nationalist zeal indexes commitment to a threatened racial and gender hierarchy

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But readers should not mistake these fears as limited solely to religious identity. There is more to the “us” that Christian nationalists wish to defend and more to the “them” that Christian nationalists wish to oppose. Throughout the book, we will show that the degree to which Americans seek to impose Christianity on the public sphere often operates as a powerful indicator of their commitment to a specific social order—with boundaries and hierarchies among natives and foreigners, whites and nonwhites, men and women, heterosexuals and others—an order they recognize is also being threatened. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 45

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  • XREF: Directly extends Cooper’s thesis about the religious right defending a traditional social order; also parallels the Islamophobia-as-civilizational-defense materials in vault. — connects to: Christian nationalism fuses ethnic, racial, and political hierarchy with religious identity — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 66; White Christian nationalist beliefs predict perceived anti-white discrimination — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 93; Christian nationalism fuses moral traditionalism, authoritarian control, and ethno-racial boundaries — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 142 (+15 more)
  • SEED: Angle: Christian nationalism as a proxy measure for defending raced-gendered hierarchy, usable in a piece comparing it to Trump-era immigration politics.

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