Grassroots mobilization coexists with direct elite capture in today’s Christian nationalism

Evidence

In the past two years, perhaps no Christian nationalist leader has had better luck playing the inside game than Ralph Drollinger. A onetime athlete and sports evangelist from California, Drollinger now leads weekly “Bible study” in the White House for cabinet secretaries and other officials—Mike Pence has reportedly attended—and his operation is rapidly expanding, both domestically through state capitols and among political leaders overseas. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 142

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to ch2-3’s theme that the movement works through elites as much as voters; directly extends the two-sided game framing introduced at 139. — connects to: Movement strategy is a bottom-up capture of every level of government — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 179; Christian nationalist power operates through elite inside channels, not just voters — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 139; A ten-percent cohort claiming biblical worldviews drives the movement — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 652 (+4 more)