by Randall Balmer | Sep 17, 2025 | Opinion
During a recent podcast interview, I was asked to comment on David Barton and Charlie Kirk. They have been two of the most prominent fabulists promoting Christian nationalism, the fiction that the United States was founded as and should remain a Christian nation. I...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Aug 18, 2025 | Opinion
Whenever we turn on the news, whether on television, radio or social media, we are met with the disturbing reality of Christian Nationalism. It has infiltrated not only our political systems but also our churches, neighborhoods and families. More than just a fringe...
by Erin Parks | Jun 18, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Opinion, Opinion
Growing up with Focus on the Family, Adventures in Odyssey and other conservative Christian media as the soundtrack to my childhood has left me with bizarre and confusing memories—some of which I am still working out in therapy. On one hand, the music and stories...
by Christian D. Senter | Mar 17, 2025 | Opinion
Hello, my fellow Americans. This is I Am Who I Am, aka “God”—the one from those black-and-white billboards. I need a little more space this time. I addressed you as “my fellow Americans” to get your attention because I know many of you have reduced me to being an...
by Brien McChesney | Dec 19, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
If nationalism does not eventually eat itself, Christian nationalism surely will. I am not suggesting that Christian nationalism is not dangerous. It is. I am merely proposing that it is not intimidating in the context of philosophical and theological debates. It is...