Christians Against Christian Nationalism Workshop

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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Organizations
    a. Christians Against Christian Nationalism
    i. https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/
    ii. Instagram: @endchristiannationalism