On Sunday, March 19, Elena Aronson led over twenty people in a workshop exploring the origens and expressions of Christian Nationalism. Christian Nationalism claims that Christianity should have a privileged position in the public square.
Aronson provided a worksheet that helped participants counter the features of Christian Nationalism with civically-engaged Christian responses. For example: “America was founded as a Christian nation” is countered with “America was founded as a place of religious freedom.“
The unedited workshop is available on YouTube.
Additional resources include:
Christian Nationalism Reading and Resource List
- Articles
a. What is Christian Nationalism? – Christianity Today
i. https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/february-web-only/what-is-christ
ian-nationalism.html
b. Views of the U.S. as a ‘Christian nation’ and opinions about ‘Christian
nationalism’ – Pew Research Center
i. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/10/27/views-of-the-u-s-as-a-ch
ristian-nation-and-opinions-about-christian-nationalism/
c. Black, Evangelical and Torn – New York Times
i. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/magazine/black-evangelicals.html
d. White Christian Nationalists Want More Than Just Political Power – Atlantic
i. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/white-evangelicals-fixa
tion-on-washington-dc/617690/
e. What Does ‘White Christian Nationalism’ Even Mean, Anyway? – Sojourners
i. https://sojo.net/articles/what-does-white-christian-nationalism-even-meananyway - Books
a. Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States –
Andrew L. Whitehead & Samuel L. Perry
b. Postcards from Babylon: The Church in American Exile – Brian Zahnd
c. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and
Fractured a Nation – Kristin Kobes Du Mez
d. American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens
the Church – Andrew L. Whitehead
e. Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of
Discovery – Mark Charles & Soong-Chan Rah - Organizations
a. Christians Against Christian Nationalism
i. https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/
ii. Instagram: @endchristiannationalism