Youth for Christ fused patriotic pageantry with evangelical preaching to build Christian citizens

Evidence

As the first paid evangelist for Youth for Christ, he worked both to evangelize the nation’s youth and to craft heroic Christian citizens who could promote Christianity and democracy at home and abroad. YFC rallies featured patriotic hymns, color guards, and veterans’ testimonies, and Graham preached a gospel of heroic Christian nationalism with unparalleled passion. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 60

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the ‘heroic Christian nationalism’ vocabulary — patriotic hymns, color guards, veterans as defining ritual elements — distinct from (and possibly a manufacture of) a separate politics.