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"Taking America Back for God conclusively reveals that understanding the current cultural and political climate in the United States requires reckoning with Christian nationalism. Christian ideals and symbols have long played an important role in public life in the United States, but Christian nationalism demands far more than a recognition of religious heritage. At heart, Christian nationalism fights to preserve a particular kind of social order, an order in which everyone, Christians and non-Christians, native-born and immigrants, whites and minorities, men and women, recognizes their proper place in society. The first comprehensive empirical analysis of Christian nationalism in the United States, Taking America Back for God illustrates the scope and tremendous influence of Christian nationalism on debates surrounding the most contentious social issues dominating American public discourse. Drawing on multiple sources of national survey data collected over the past several decades and in-depth interviews, Whitehead and Perry document how Christian nationalism radically shapes what Americans think about who they are as a people, what their future should look like, and how they should get there. Regardless of Americans' political or religious characteristics, whether they are Ambassadors, Accommodators, Resisters, or Rejecters of Christian nationalism provides powerful insight into what they think about immigration, Muslims, gun control, police shootings, atheists, gender roles, and many other political issues-even who they want in the White House. Taking America Back for God convincingly shows how Christian nationalists' desire for political power, rigid social boundaries, and hierarchical order creates significant consequences for all Americans."-- Provided by publisher.

Christianity and politics --- Nationalism --- Christianity and culture --- Christianity --- Religious aspects --- Influence --- 329.3 --- 27 <73> "20" --- 27 <73> "20" Histoire de l'Eglise--Etats-Unis d'Amérique. USA--20e siecle. Période 2000-2099 --- 27 <73> "20" Kerkgeschiedenis--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--21e eeuw. Periode 2000-2099 --- Histoire de l'Eglise--Etats-Unis d'Amérique. USA--20e siecle. Période 2000-2099 --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--21e eeuw. Periode 2000-2099 --- 329.3 Partijen en bewegingen naar godsdienstige ingesteldheid --- Partijen en bewegingen naar godsdienstige ingesteldheid --- History --- Influence.

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Religious diversity has long been a defining feature of the United States. But what may be even more remarkable than the sheer range of faiths is the diversity of political visions embedded in those religious traditions. Matthew Bowman delves into the ongoing struggle over the potent word "Christian," not merely to settle theological disputes but to discover its centrality to American politics. As Christian: The Politics of a Word in America shows, for many American Christians, concepts like liberty and equality are rooted in the transcendent claims about human nature that Christianity offers. Democracy, equality under the law, and other basic principles of American government are seen to depend upon the Christian faith's sustenance and support. Yet despite this presumed consensus, differing Christian beliefs have led to dispute and disagreement about what American society and government should look like. While many white American Protestants associate Christianity with Western Euro-American civilization, individual liberty, and an affirmation of capitalism, other American Christians have long rejected those assumptions. They maintain that Christian principles demand political programs as wide-ranging as economic communalism, international cooperation, racial egalitarianism, and social justice. The varieties of American Christian experience speak to an essentially contested concept of political rights and wrongs. Though diverse Christian faiths espouse political visions, Christian politics defy clear definition, Bowman writes. Rather, they can be seen as a rich and varied collection of beliefs about the interrelationships of divinity, human nature, and civic life that engage and divide the nation's Christian communities and politics alike.--

Christianity and politics --- History --- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- GOP (Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )) --- Grand Old Party --- National Union Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- National Union Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- Republican Party --- Republicans (Political party : U.S. : 1854- ) --- Respublikanskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ SShA (U.S. : 1854- ) --- Union Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- Union Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) --- Religion --- Christianity --- Church and politics --- Politics and Christianity --- Politics and the church --- Political science --- Political aspects --- Christendom en politiek --- Verenigde Staten --- Geschiedenis --- 20e eeuw --- 21e eeuw --- 27 <73> "20" --- 316:2 <73> --- 316:2 <73> Godsdienstsociologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Godsdienstsociologie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 27 <73> "20" Histoire de l'Eglise--Etats-Unis d'Amérique. USA--20e siecle. Période 2000-2099 --- 27 <73> "20" Kerkgeschiedenis--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--21e eeuw. Periode 2000-2099 --- Histoire de l'Eglise--Etats-Unis d'Amérique. USA--20e siecle. Période 2000-2099 --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--21e eeuw. Periode 2000-2099