I think you're absolutely right. The "white" part is essential because it emphasizes this is a movement and ideology that has its roots in white supremacy, part of the founding mythology of our country. WCN wants to drag us back to the pre-emancipation days of our history. It's not about making the country more Christian; it's about making it more white.
After watching the movie "God and Country" I understand a little better why it is important to include the "white" in Christian Nationalism, along with your excellent definition: White Christian Nationalism is an ethnocultural ideology that uses Christian symbolism as a permission structure for the acquisition of political power and social control.
Phillipians 2:5-8 prophetically indicts the ideology if we could get more of its adherants to actually open up the New Testament...
I think you're absolutely right. The "white" part is essential because it emphasizes this is a movement and ideology that has its roots in white supremacy, part of the founding mythology of our country. WCN wants to drag us back to the pre-emancipation days of our history. It's not about making the country more Christian; it's about making it more white.
After watching the movie "God and Country" I understand a little better why it is important to include the "white" in Christian Nationalism, along with your excellent definition: White Christian Nationalism is an ethnocultural ideology that uses Christian symbolism as a permission structure for the acquisition of political power and social control.
Phillipians 2:5-8 prophetically indicts the ideology if we could get more of its adherants to actually open up the New Testament...
Wonderful interview--quite thought-provoking and hopeful~