The Christian nationalist movement is forward-looking activism, not nostalgia for tradition

Evidence

This movement pretends to represent the past and stand for old traditions. But in reality it is a creature of present circumstances and is organized around a vision for the future that most Americans would find abhorrent. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 22

Categorization

• XREF: Reinforces Lofton and the framings in the Islamophobia corpus about how supposedly tradition-reviving movements are actually novel constructions of the present. — connects to: A religious-nationalist movement can secularize while retaining religious roots — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 211; Christian nationalism is a technologically modern movement, not a premodern relic — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 45; Christian nationalist activists receive explicit training in political messaging and strategy — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 23 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalism is a technologically modern movement, not a premodern relic #corroborates (0.85) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 45
• Christian nationalist activists receive explicit training in political messaging and strategy #expands (0.75) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 23
• Christian nationalism functions as a power grab disguised in religious language, not genuine piety #expands (0.72) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 455