# Christian nationalism today

**URL:** <https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/christian-nationalism-today/10712>\
**Category:** Politics and Social Issues\
**Created:** [February 21, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/christian-nationalism-today/10712 "2024-02-21T14:26:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/christian-nationalism-today/10712/14 "2024-02-23T04:51:09Z")

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> [@lausten](#):
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> Bush W discovered the evangelical vote, Trump took that idea and ran with it.

Bush did a great job with the baton pass, but give credit, where credit is due.

> **[The evangelical presidency: Reagan's dangerous love affair with the Christian...](https://www.salon.com/2014/05/18/the_evangelical_presidency_reagans_dangerous_love_affair_with_the_christian_right/)**
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> How Reagan's landslide victory in 1980 made the Moral Majority a force to be reckoned with in American politics

> **[Reagan](https://academic.oup.com/book/25660/chapter-abstract/193101621?redirectedFrom=fulltext)**
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> Abstract. Ronald Reagan gave the Christian Right rhetorical support during his presidential campaigns and time in office, and he invited evangelical leader

> **[Perspective | Reagan tied Republicans to White Christians and now the party...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/22/reagan-tied-republicans-white-christians-now-party-is-trapped/)**
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> Republicans have a passionate base that is out of touch with the rest of America.

Then came trump,

> [@trump's Theofascist](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trumps-theofascist/5410):
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> This is an excellent article. If you have a chance to read it, I’d appreciate knowing your opinion. Trump’s Theofascist " . . . Bannon has made common cause with traditionalist Catholic critics of Pope Francis, especially U.S. cardinal Raymond Burke. At a meeting in the Vatican in 2014, the two men “bonded over their shared worldview,” which includes a vision of Islam “threatening to overrun a prostrate West weakened by the erosion of traditional Christian values.” This vision also informs an…

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