The flag and the cross : white Christian nationalism and the threat to American democracy
Publication Information
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xii, 157 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm
Summary
In this short primer, Gorski and Perry explain what white Christian nationalism is and is not; when it first emerged and how it has changed; where it's headed and why it threatens democracy. Tracing the development of this ideology over the course of three centuries and especially its influence over the last three decades, they show how white Christian nationalism motivates the anti-democratic, authoritarian, and violent impulses on display in our current political moment.
Contents
- Introduction: Eruption
- "This is our nation, not theirs"
- The spirit of 1690
- Freedom, violence, order
- Avoiding "the big one."
Subjects
- Christianity and politics > United States > History > 21st century.
- White nationalism > United States > History > 21st century.
- Nationalism > United States > Religious aspects > History.
- Christians, White > United States > History > 21st century.
- Christianity and culture > United States > History.
- Christianity > Influence.