A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracyMost Americans were shocked by the violence they witnessed at the nation''s Capital on January 6th, 2021. And many were bewildered by the images displayed by the insurrectionists: a wooden cross and wooden gallows; "Jesus saves" and "Don''t Tread on Me;" Christian flags and Confederate Flags; even a prayer in Jesus'' name after storming the Senate chamber. Where some saw a confusing jumble, Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry saw a familiar ideology: white Christian nationalism.In this short primer, Gorski and Perry explain what white Christian nationalism is and is not; when it first emerged and how it has changed; where it''s headed and why it threatens democracy. Tracing the development of this ideology over the course of three centuries¿and especially its influence over the last three decades¿they show how, throughout American history, white Christian nationalism has animated the oppression, exclusion, and even exter
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