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0 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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1. Christian Nationalism
Someday the Lord will call Donald Trump home.
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Lord → call → Trump
At that happy hour, as Trump is welcomed to eternal life, there will be a great deal of uncertainty in American politics.
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Trump → welcome → politics
What will happen next?
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What → happen → ?
My thesis is that there will be no return to normal because Trump has fundamentally changed the character and desires of a large group of American voters.
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Trump → change → voters
This is the sort of idea that’s hard to quantify because you can’t come at it head-on.
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you → ’ → it
You have to look for oblique angles.
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You → have → angles
The Public Religion Research Institute just gave us some interesting data points.
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Institute → give → points
I want to talk about them, and the Gospel, and the future of American politics.
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I → want → politics
PRRI’s latest survey asks a number of interesting questions.
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survey → ask → questions
For instance, what do people think of the term “Christian nationalism”?
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people → think → term
It’s important to understand that Christian nationalism is not a type of Christianity.
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nationalism → ’ → Christianity
It’s a type of nationalism.
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It → ’ → nationalism
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
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believes → love → life
The bedrock idea of Christianity is that Jesus Christ is the literal Son of God and that He was sent for all.
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He → send → all
Christianity, again by definition, can have no foundation in nationhood.
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Christianity → have → nationhood
It is a form of nationalism that cloaks itself in Christian identity.
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that → cloak → identity
Which is to say: It is a false Christianity.
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It → say → ?
Most Americans understand this dichotomy, which is why a plurality of Americans (48 percent) view “Christian nationalism” unfavorably.
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plurality → understand → nationalism
But there are two groups that have glommed on to the idea: Republicans and white evangelical Christians.
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that → be → idea
Where did this increase come from?
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increase → come → Where
Take a look at what’s going on here to really understand the character of Christian nationalism.
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what → take → nationalism
Among Hispanic Protestants and Hispanic Catholics and black Protestants, support for Christian nationalism fell off a cliff.
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support → fall → cliff
There is no way to interpret this shift as anything but an increased, shared understanding that “Christian nationalism” isn’t about Christ.
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nationalism → be → Christ
It’s about white ethnonationalism.
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It → ’ → ethnonationalism
That’s why Hispanic Protestant support dropped by a third while Jewish support nearly tripled.
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support → ’ → third
Everyone understands the score.
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Everyone → understand → score
Now what happens when religious groups stop seeing themselves as based on theological concepts and start viewing themselves in terms of ethnonationalism?
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groups → happen → ethnonationalism
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