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frances_chan's review against another edition
5.0
No matter what you think of Christian nationalism, this book is a relevant, timely, and fact-based look at how Christian Nationalism as a worldview has influenced the US throughout history.
jiujensu's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
5.0
Kindle edition.
Books like these are helping me make sense of my evangelical past. I grew up in what became an increasingly Christian nationalist environment. I wrote and occasionally talked to people I trusted about my concerns around what I called "politics in/and the pulpit." It was Christian nationalism, I found out later.
The four categories in the book - rejector, resistor, accomodator, ambassador - are a more nuanced way to look at the problem than most political assessments I've seen. While in the church, I was in the camp of strong belief prayer, attendance, etc but those things reinforced my support for social safety net, anti-war efforts, questioning patriotism narratives as opposed to the legislating the Bible into everyone else that was the prevailing view of everyone I worshiped with.
It will take time to understand why I rejected Christian nationalism and those around me embraced it, but now there are ways to describe the trends and correlations I saw.
Books like these are helping me make sense of my evangelical past. I grew up in what became an increasingly Christian nationalist environment. I wrote and occasionally talked to people I trusted about my concerns around what I called "politics in/and the pulpit." It was Christian nationalism, I found out later.
The four categories in the book - rejector, resistor, accomodator, ambassador - are a more nuanced way to look at the problem than most political assessments I've seen. While in the church, I was in the camp of strong belief prayer, attendance, etc but those things reinforced my support for social safety net, anti-war efforts, questioning patriotism narratives as opposed to the legislating the Bible into everyone else that was the prevailing view of everyone I worshiped with.
It will take time to understand why I rejected Christian nationalism and those around me embraced it, but now there are ways to describe the trends and correlations I saw.
jbuttry's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Great book for learning about Christian nationalism. Open about their research approaches. Mostly focused on data.
mitchaldridge's review against another edition
4.0
I highly recommend this one, if only for the reason that Whitehead and Perry give a distinct definition of what Christian Nationalism actually is. On social media for the past 6 months many have tried to paint Christian Nationalists as synonymous with white evangelicals, which is simply not the case given the data.
Christian Nationalism is instead a political and social phenomenon rather than a religious one. In fact, Whitehead and Perry’s study shows that Christians who are committed to the faith are less likely to espouse ideas related to Christian Nationalism.
This stuff is important because it’s political idolatry. As Christians, we’ve got to reject every aspect of it.
I’ll read more on this topic this year, but this was a good start. There are times where the authors draw conclusions that I think are necessarily apparent from the data, but I found this generally helpful.
Also for your consideration, this great review from Timothy Keller. Why did I even bother writing one? Mostly kidding
Christian Nationalism is instead a political and social phenomenon rather than a religious one. In fact, Whitehead and Perry’s study shows that Christians who are committed to the faith are less likely to espouse ideas related to Christian Nationalism.
This stuff is important because it’s political idolatry. As Christians, we’ve got to reject every aspect of it.
I’ll read more on this topic this year, but this was a good start. There are times where the authors draw conclusions that I think are necessarily apparent from the data, but I found this generally helpful.
Also for your consideration, this great review from Timothy Keller. Why did I even bother writing one? Mostly kidding
delimeatz's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
read for class, pretty entertaining! lots of data and insight :)
katireadsalot's review against another edition
5.0
This is an excellent book that is very nuanced and well researched. It also defines Christian Nationalism. (Yay! Finally!). A must read!