Knowra Christian nationalism Christian nationalism Christian nationalism is a political ideology that identifies a nation with Christianity and seeks to privilege Christian beliefs, symbols, or institutions in public life.
National identity : A shared sense of belonging to a nation, grounded in ideas of common history, culture, territory, or citizenship. Christian nationalism defines national belonging partly through Christianity.
Christian democracy : A democratic political tradition shaped by Christian social thought, often emphasizing human dignity and social solidarity. It can draw on Christianity politically without defining national identity by Christian dominance.
Christendom : The historical and cultural conception of a society or world united by Christianity. It supplies a long-standing model for imagining political community as Christian.
Christian nationalism in the United States : The U.S. form of Christian nationalism, which portrays the United States as founded for or properly governed by Christians. It is a prominent national case with extensive public debate and research.
Religious discrimination : Unequal treatment or exclusion based on a person’s religion or lack of religious belief. Religious privilege can make non-Christians and nonreligious citizens seem less fully national.
Civil religion : The use of shared beliefs, rituals, and symbols to give public meaning to political community. It shows how religious language can sanctify national institutions without making a state formally theocratic.
Secularism : The principle that government and public institutions should be independent of religious authority. Secularism rejects the political privilege Christian nationalism seeks for Christianity.
Westphalian sovereignty : The modern principle that states exercise supreme authority within their territories and are formally independent of one another. The nation-state gives Christian nationalist projects a political unit to identify with the faith.
Religious freedom : The right to hold, change, practice, or reject religious beliefs without unjust state interference. Disputes over religious liberty often concern whether public accommodation becomes religious privilege.
Democratic backsliding : The gradual weakening of democratic institutions, rights, and constraints on executive power. Research examines whether Christian nationalist beliefs correlate with support for weakening democratic constraints.
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