WASHINGTON – Since Donald Trump’s entry into politics began with a ride down the Trump Tower escalator almost nine years ago, the presidential candidate spoke directly to evangelical Christians and many responded in kind.
In 2024, not much has changed. “We have to bring back our religion, we have to bring back Christianity in this country,” Trump recently told those gathered at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville.
Unfortunately, some who made their way inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th echoed some of that same spirit with a prayer inside the Senate Chamber. In the aftermath of those events, many news organizations took a closer look, resulting in stories with headlines like, “The Growing Danger of Christian Nationalism,” that imply it’s a movement rooted in political power and even violence.
Georgetown Professor Paul Miller, who wrote the book, What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism, has some of those same concerns. “There’s a kind of nationalism that uses Christian language and symbols and rhetoric to advance its agenda and it’s bad,” Miller tells CBN News. “I think Christian Nationalism is real.”
However, what exactly is being included under the umbrella term, “Christian Nationalism” and how widespread is it?
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