The Rise of Christian Nationalism

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The more I'm involved in this sort of escalating American culture war, the more convinced I am that extremism breeds competing extremes. Americans are moving apart ideologically at a pretty rapid pace and there is an enormous temptation when you are confronted with extremism to respond with an extreme. There's a just because an extremism is seen as a giant threat, a giant threat which requires a giant response. And so I do think that one of the reasons why this is popping up is that extremism creates a temptation in the human heart towards an extreme response even though a more moderate response is just as exclusive of the opposing extremism as the extreme responses.

For this episode, we rerun David and Curtis tackling the topic of Christian nationalism. What is it exactly? How does it relate to a genuine Christian understanding of how faith should relate to a nation? And how does it relate to our Founders’ intentions? Curtis and David also explore the nature of healthy patriotism and how to love your national home, warts and all.

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-Thomas Kidd: “Christian Nationalism vs. Christian Patriotism”

-Deseret News: “What the latest data tells us about Christian nationalism”

-French Press: “Discerning the Difference Between Christian Nationalism and Christian Patriotism”

-French Press: “The Seeds of Political Violence Are Being Sown in Church”