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THREAD: I generally like @drantbradley's stuff. And I see his point that progressive Christians also want their civic outlook to be informed by Christian principles (Christian nationalists claim that too), BUT it's wrong to say progressive Christians are "just as Christian... 1/7
...Nationalistic as many on the right," or that they want "to make America a 'Christian Nation.'" I agree that the political Left can be just as tribalistic as the Right & I agree progressive Christians can buy into that tribalism. But it's a misunderstanding of the term... 2/7
...#ChristianNationalism to say that progressive Christians are as guilty of that sort of ideology as the Christian Right. At bottom, #ChristianNationalism seeks to sacralize an ethno-religious conception of American citizenship that defends those who have historically... 3/7
...held the power (white, male, native-born, Protestants). It is about defending "proper" (read: white, male, evangelical) authority, group membership, & social order. That motivates efforts to sacralize national symbols & military might, Christian identity, nativism,... 4/7
...patriarchal families, etc. In the USA, #ChristianNationalism is not only fundamentally conservative, it is ultra-conservative bordering on proto-fascist. In our data, progressive Christians want nothing resembling "Christian nationalism." In fact, we found that while... 5/7
...progressive Christians were motivated by their Christian faith to advocate for progressive policies, they advocated the *separation* of church & state. There's a BIG difference between having biblically-informed ideas about democracy & trying to make the US a Christian... 6/7
...nation. And I get calling out tribalism on both sides of the spectrum. But its' sloppy thinking to make #ChristianNationalism a term that applies equally to the Christian left or right. 7/7 @ndrewwhitehead @stewartdantec @wilsonhartgrove @BJContheHill @wheelhousessr
