This is “a high-tide moment for Christian nationalism in our time," says Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
, a Republican from Georgia, declared this summer. Greene, who had previously come under fire for sharing a video in 2018 alleging that “Zionist supremacists” were conspiring to wipe out white people, doubled down by selling “Christian Nationalist” t-shirts. While politicians—particularly Republicans—have long made biblical references in stump speeches, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisfor using language that seems to echo Christian nationalist ideas.
Signage and merchandise for sale is seen at the ReAwaken America Tour event, held in Manheim, Pa. on Oct. 22, 2022. ReAwaken America, founded by Clay Clark, and whose events often feature Michael Flynn, is a right-wing political movement connected to Christian nationalism.January 6 cast a bright national spotlight on Christian nationalism, as the movement’s rhetoric and imagery featured prominently in the crowd of people participating in the worst attack on the U.S. Capitol on two centuries.
This level of religious fervor in service of a political—and ultimately violent—cause was shocking to many Americans, though experts argue it shouldn’t have been. “The riot was a pitch perfect performance of the kind of white Christian nationalism that has ebbed and flowed throughout American history,” Ruth Braunstein, a sociologist at the University of Connecticut who studies the movement, wrote in February 2021.
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