How this came to be the default is the story told in “Nationalism: A World History” by Eric Storm, a professor of history at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. This is already a well ...

More JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images "Christian nationalism is the belief that ... not merely as an observation about American history, but as a prescriptive program for what America must ...

References to God and Christianity are sprinkled throughout American life. Our money has "In God We Trust" printed on it. Most presidents have chosen to swear their oath of office on the Bible.

We have yet to verify the truth of this concept. Last autumn, historian Eric Storm’s comprehensive history of nationalism was published. Titled Nationalism: A World History, the text examines ...

Historians point to a persistent link between racism and Christian nationalism among white Americans throughout U.S. history. White Christians, however, are not the only ones sympathetic to ...

History remains very much alive. We are today witnessing a battle between nationalism and liberalism that will write our own time indelibly into the history books of tomorrow.

and laws throughout American history. Courtesy of Simon & Schuster/ Robert P. Jones The contemporary currency of this worldview is reflected in the telling results of a 2023 Christian Nationalism ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The American right wing, long identified with the conservative movement, is ...

In “The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism,” Paul D. Miller, a political scientist at Georgetown, tries to make sense of this complicated history.