A Helpful Bit of Clarity About Christian Nationalism

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW173977248 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="auto">In a recent</span> <a href= "https://washingtoninst.org/making-sense-of-christian-nationalism-part-i/"> <span data-contrast="none">article published by the Washington Institute</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, professor and lawyer Eric Treene offered a robust alternative way of understanding Christian Nationalism and its significance within American culture. Depending on who’s doing the talking, Christian Nationalism is either the greatest danger to America or our only hope in resisting the onslaught of the progressive movement. But there is a better way. As Treene wrote, the current debate over Christian Nationalism is the most recent chapter of something that is an endemic part of the American story:</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">"[C]an Christians honestly look around and conclude that there is more nationalism melded with their faith than in the past? In 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt distributed a pocket New Testament to soldiers throughout the Armed Services, with the inscription: 'As Commander-in-Chief I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the armed forces of the United States.'"</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">At the same time, according to Treene,</span> <a href= "https://www.breakpoint.org/remembering-january-6-by-missing-the-point/"> <span data-contrast="none">there are reasons to be concerned</span></a> <span data-contrast="auto">about Christian Nationalism. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">"The alarmism about growing Christian Nationalism is vastly overblown among some, and deliberately manipulated for political reasons among others. But there is a “there” there</span><sp