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    Who's Afraid of Christian Nationalism: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church
    Who's Afraid of Christian Nationalism: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church
    Who's Afraid of Christian Nationalism: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church
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    Who's Afraid of Christian Nationalism: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church

    By Mark David Hall

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    Since 2006, journalists, activists, and academics have produced a steady stream of books and articles warning of the dangers of Christian nationalism, which they define as “an ideology that idealizes and advocates for a fusion of American civic life with a particular type of Christian identity and culture” that “includes assumptions of nativism, white supremacy, patriarchy and heteronormativity, along with divine sanction for authoritarian control and militarism.” According to sociologists Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry, 51.9 percent of Americans fully or partially embrace this toxic ideology.

    These critics, Mark David Hall argues, greatly exaggerate the dangers of Christian nationalism. It does not, as they claim, pose an existential threat to American democracy or the Christian church in the United States. Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism offers a more reasonable definition, measure, and critique of this ideology. In doing so, it shines important light on a debate characterized by unfounded claims, rhetorical excesses, and fearmongering.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPost Hill Press
    Release dateApr 15, 2024
    ISBN9798888455562
    Who's Afraid of Christian Nationalism: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church
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    Mark David Hall

    Mark David Hall is the Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics and Faculty Fellow in the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox University. He is also associated faculty at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and senior fellow at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion. He has written, edited, or co-edited a dozen books on religion and politics in America and is a nationally recognized expert on the religious freedom. He writes for the online publications Law & Liberty and Intercollegiate Studies Review and has appeared regularly on a number of radio shows, including Jerry Newcomb's Truth in Action, Tim Wildman's Today's Issues, and the Janet Mefferd Show.

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