The Flag and the Cross — When Democratic Loss Becomes Persecution
What happens when losing political dominance is experienced as evidence that democracy itself has become illegitimate?
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Using The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy by Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry as its lens, this episode investigates how religious identity, racial hierarchy, national mythology, and political power can become fused into a single political worldview.
The authors define white Christian nationalism as a “deep story” about who founded America…
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