Christian Nationalism and the Democratic Party
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Christian Nationalism and the Democratic Party
Christian Nationalism and Partisan Politics
Christian nationalism has become an increasingly prominent concept in discussions of religion and politics in the United States. The term is generally used by researchers to describe beliefs that connect American national identity, political institutions, and public policy with a privileged role for Christianity. Different researchers use somewhat different definitions and measures, making it important to distinguish Christian nationalism from Christianity itself, ordinary religious political participation, patriotism, or conservative religious belief.
Public-opinion research shows that Christian-nationalist attitudes are distributed unevenly across political parties. PRRI's 2025 American Values Atlas classified 21 percent of Republicans as Christian-nationalism Adherents and 35 percent as Sympathizers, compared with 5 percent of Democrats as Adherents and 12 percent as Sympathizers. Most Democrats therefore fell into PRRI's Skeptic or Rejecter categories, although the results also demonstrate that Christian-nationalist beliefs are not confined entirely to one political party.
Pew Research Center surveys similarly find substantial partisan differences concerning Christianity's proper relationship with government. In a 2026 survey, 8 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said the federal government should declare Christianity the official religion of the United States, while 32 percent favored promoting Christian moral values without establishing Christianity as the official religion. Fifty-eight percent said the government should do neither. Among Republicans and Republican leaners, the corresponding figures were 27 percent, 55 percent, and 17 percent.
These findings make Christian nationalism an important point of disagreement between the contemporary Democratic and Republican coalitions. At the same time, polling shows that attitudes toward religion are more complicated than a simple division between a religious Republican Party and a secular Democratic Party.
The Religious Diversity of the Democratic Coalition
The Democratic coalition includes Christians, members of non-Christian religions, atheists, agnostics, and people who describe themselves as having no particular religion. Pew's 2023–2024 Religious Landscape Study found substantial Christian representation among Democrats and Democratic leaners, including evangelical, mainline, historically Black Protestant, and Catholic constituencies. It also found a large religiously unaffiliated Democratic population, including atheists, agnostics, and people who identify with no particular religion.
Historically Black Protestant churches are especially important for understanding why Democratic politics cannot simply be described as secular. Black Protestant voters have long leaned strongly Democratic while maintaining high levels of religious belief and participation. The uploaded research also emphasizes the importance of Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, mainline Protestants, and other religious communities within the Democratic coalition.
This diversity creates different perspectives within the party regarding how religion should appear in public life. Some Democrats favor strongly secular political language and emphasize institutional separation between religion and government. Others explicitly connect progressive policies with Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or other religious traditions. Still others support religiously informed political participation while opposing governmental preference for any particular faith.
The composition of Democratic officeholders also illustrates this distinction. Pew found that 75 percent of Democrats serving in the 119th Congress identified as Christian. Congressional Democrats also included Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Unitarian Universalist, humanist, and religiously unaffiliated members.
Church-State Separation and Democratic Responses
Opposition to government establishment or preferential treatment of Christianity is one of the most consistent themes in Democratic responses to Christian nationalism.
Pew's April 2026 survey found that 68 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents believed the federal government should enforce the separation of church and state. Democratic respondents were also considerably more likely than Republicans to oppose making Christianity the official religion and to say that the Bible should have little or no influence on American law.
These attitudes help explain why Democratic politicians and allied organizations often discuss Christian nationalism through the language of religious liberty, constitutional government, pluralism, and church-state separation. Some Democratic lawmakers have also linked these concerns to debates over proposals associated with Project 2025 and other conservative policy initiatives.
Representative Jared Huffman has been one prominent secular Democratic voice in these debates. As a self-described humanist and a founder of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, Huffman has argued for maintaining a secular government while distinguishing that principle from hostility toward individual religious belief or religious political participation. The uploaded material includes interviews and profiles examining his views on Christian nationalism, religious privilege, and church-state separation.
The secular wing of the Democratic coalition therefore represents one form of opposition to Christian nationalism, but it is not the only one.
Progressive Christians and the Religious Left
A second response comes from Christians who oppose Christian nationalism on theological as well as political grounds.
Organizations such as Christians Against Christian Nationalism argue that Christianity should not be used to confer privileged political status on Christians or to define American citizenship. Progressive Christian organizations have developed educational programs, discussion groups, congregational resources, and political activities around this distinction.
Research published by PRRI in 2026 examined local chapters of Christians Against Christian Nationalism in several states. Researchers found that participants used the concept of white Christian nationalism in community education, organizing, political activism, and discussions about Christianity's relationship with democracy and racial justice.
This movement illustrates an important distinction within debates over Christian nationalism: opposition does not come exclusively from secular Americans. Some of the most explicit critics identify their opposition as an expression of Christian theology.
The uploaded material also documents renewed discussion of a broader American "religious left." Religious progressives have connected their faith to subjects including economic inequality, immigration, racial justice, health care, poverty, reproductive policy, and democratic participation. These arguments sometimes draw upon traditions of the Social Gospel, the Black church, Catholic social teaching, Jewish social ethics, and other religious traditions.
Black Christianity, Race, and Christian Nationalism
Race complicates the relationship between Christian nationalism and political party identification.
Survey measures sometimes classify both Black and white respondents as Christian-nationalism Adherents or Sympathizers even though the two groups may differ substantially in their political affiliations and views on race, immigration, political leadership, and other subjects. The uploaded material includes research specifically examining these differences.
PRRI's 2026 state-level analysis similarly reported that the connection between Christian-nationalist beliefs, Republican identity, and support for Donald Trump was especially strong among white and Hispanic Americans but did not operate in the same way among Black Americans.
This is particularly significant for the Democratic Party because historically Black Protestant voters combine high levels of Christian identification with longstanding Democratic political affiliation. Consequently, researchers caution against assuming that a single Christian-nationalism survey score necessarily represents identical political beliefs across racial groups.
Black Christian political traditions also provide alternative ways of connecting Christianity and American public life. Civil-rights leaders and Black churches have historically used biblical and theological language to advocate for voting rights, racial equality, economic justice, and democratic inclusion. Contemporary Black Democratic politicians and clergy continue to draw on parts of this tradition.
Democratic Faith Outreach
The Democratic Party has periodically attempted to address perceptions that religion belongs primarily to Republican politics.
Democratic presidential campaigns have maintained faith-outreach operations directed toward Catholics, Protestants, Black churches, Jews, Muslims, and other religious communities. Barack Obama and Joe Biden both incorporated religious outreach into their presidential campaigns, while Democratic politicians such as Raphael Warnock, Cory Booker, and others have frequently described political questions using explicitly religious or moral language.
Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign similarly operated within a religiously diverse Democratic coalition. Reporting examined her Black Baptist background, interfaith family, and use of religious language while also noting the need to speak to a party containing a large secular constituency. The uploaded sources place this approach within the longer history of Democratic efforts to balance religious outreach with religious pluralism.
These efforts reflect a recurring tension. Democratic politicians may seek to demonstrate that Christianity and other faith traditions are compatible with Democratic policies while avoiding the implication that religious belief is necessary for citizenship, political legitimacy, or moral authority.
The 2026 Midterms and Renewed Religious Messaging
The 2026 election cycle produced renewed attention to Democratic candidates who speak explicitly about their religious beliefs.
Reuters reported that several Democratic candidates were using scripture and religious teachings while campaigning on issues including immigration, economic inequality, reproductive policy, and public service. These candidates sought to challenge the assumption that Christian identity necessarily corresponds with conservative or Republican politics.
Among the most visible examples has been Texas politician James Talarico, who has combined explicit Christian language with criticism of Christian nationalism and support for church-state separation and religious pluralism. Other Democratic candidates profiled in the uploaded material include clergy members and politicians from Christian, Muslim, and other religious backgrounds.
This development does not mean that the Democratic Party has adopted a unified religious strategy. The party continues to contain constituencies with substantially different attitudes toward religion. Religious Democrats may welcome more explicit faith language, while secular Democrats may be concerned about increasing religion's role in political discourse.
The tension reflects the broader composition of the coalition rather than a simple dispute between religious and nonreligious Americans.
Christian Nationalism, Religion, and Democratic Identity
The relationship between Christian nationalism and the Democratic Party can therefore be understood through several overlapping developments.
First, contemporary Christian-nationalist attitudes are substantially less common among Democrats than among Republicans according to both PRRI and Pew polling. Democrats are also more likely to favor church-state separation and less likely to support official government promotion of Christianity.
Second, Democratic opposition to Christian nationalism does not represent a uniformly secular response. The Democratic coalition contains a large religiously unaffiliated population, but it also contains millions of Christians and substantial Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and other religious constituencies.
Third, religious Democrats themselves disagree about how prominently faith should appear in politics. Some emphasize constitutional secularism and religious neutrality. Others argue that progressive Christianity or other religious traditions can provide moral arguments for Democratic policies while remaining compatible with religious pluralism.
Finally, racial differences complicate attempts to map Christian-nationalist beliefs directly onto party identification. Black Christian political traditions in particular demonstrate that strong Christian identity can coexist with Democratic affiliation and political positions very different from those usually associated with white Christian nationalism.
Conclusion
Christian nationalism has become an important dividing issue in American religion and partisan politics, but the Democratic response to it cannot be reduced to secularism versus Christianity.
Most Democratic voters measured in recent surveys reject or remain skeptical of central Christian-nationalist propositions involving government preference for Christianity. At the same time, the Democratic coalition remains religiously diverse and includes substantial Christian constituencies alongside religious minorities and a growing population of religiously unaffiliated voters.
As a result, opposition to Christian nationalism inside Democratic politics takes several forms. Secular Democrats emphasize church-state separation and equal citizenship regardless of religion. Progressive Christians argue that Christian nationalism conflicts with their understanding of Christianity. Black churches draw upon a long religious tradition of democratic and civil-rights activism. Jewish, Muslim, and other religious Democrats contribute additional perspectives on pluralism and minority religious rights.
The resulting debate concerns not simply whether religion should influence individual political beliefs, but how a religiously diverse democracy should distinguish personal faith, religious political participation, national identity, and government authority. The Democratic Party's internal diversity makes those distinctions central to its continuing response to Christian nationalism.
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Surveys, Polling, and Democratic Attitudes
1. [Competing Visions of America at 250: Politics, Religion, and American Identity | PRRI Staff | PRRI | June 2026]
Examines contemporary attitudes toward Christian nationalism, American identity, religion, democracy, and political parties during the nation's 250th-anniversary year.
2. [How Americans Feel About Religion’s Influence in Government and Public Life | Chip Rotolo; Gregory A. Smith | Pew Research Center | May 14, 2026]
Examines partisan differences over Christian nationalism, biblical influence on law, church-state separation, and religion in public life, finding substantially greater Democratic resistance to government promotion of Christianity.
3. [10% of U.S. Adults Now Express a Favorable View of Christian Nationalism, 31% Unfavorable | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | May 14, 2026]
Tracks changing public perceptions of Christian nationalism between 2022 and 2026 and provides context for the particularly negative views found among Democratic respondents.
4. [Mapping Christian Nationalism Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2025 American Values Atlas | PRRI Staff | PRRI | February 17, 2026]
Finds Christian-nationalist adherence and sympathy substantially more common among Republicans than Democrats while documenting meaningful variation by state and religion.
5. [New 50-State Survey Finds Majority of Republicans Qualify as Christian Nationalism Supporters | PRRI Staff | PRRI | February 17, 2026]
Reports that 56 percent of Republicans but 17 percent of Democrats fell into PRRI's Christian-nationalism Adherent or Sympathizer categories.
6. [Fact Sheet: A Closer Look at Christian Nationalism in Nine States | PRRI Staff | PRRI | February 17, 2026]
Examines Christian-nationalist attitudes in nine politically important states and provides useful material for comparing Democratic and Republican constituencies.
7. [Religion, Partisanship and Ideology | Gregory A. Smith et al. | Pew Research Center | February 26, 2025]
Provides updated Religious Landscape Study data showing strong Democratic identification among historically Black Protestants, Jews, Hindus, atheists, and agnostics.
8. [Christian Nationalism Across All 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2024 American Values Atlas | PRRI Staff | PRRI | February 4, 2025]
Tracks Christian-nationalist beliefs by state, partisan identification, religious tradition, church attendance, and voting behavior.
9. [Across All 50 States, New Survey Finds Strong Correlation Between Support for Christian Nationalism and Voting for Trump in 2024 Election | PRRI Staff | PRRI | February 4, 2025]
Examines the relationship between Christian nationalism, party affiliation, religious participation, and presidential vote choice.
10. [Resistance to Christian Nationalism in All 50 States | PRRI Staff | PRRI | October 30, 2024]
Studies people classified as Christian-nationalism Skeptics and Rejecters and finds Democratic Party identification strongly associated with resistance.
11. [Party Identification Among Religious Groups and Religiously Unaffiliated Voters | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | April 9, 2024]
Maps Democratic and Republican support across Black Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics, evangelicals, and other religious constituencies.
12. [The Changing Demographic Composition of Voters and Party Coalitions | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | April 9, 2024]
Shows how the Democratic coalition has become more religiously unaffiliated while retaining substantial Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other religious constituencies.
13. [Christianity’s Place in Politics, and ‘Christian Nationalism’ | Chip Rotolo; Gregory A. Smith; Jonathan Evans | Pew Research Center | March 15, 2024]
Shows that most Democrats opposed declaring Christianity the official religion or having the federal government specifically promote Christian moral values.
14. [How Americans See Religion’s Role in Public Life | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | March 15, 2024]
Examines perceptions of whether the Democratic and Republican parties are friendly, neutral, or unfriendly toward religion and highlights large partisan perception gaps.
15. [First of Its Kind Survey Maps Support for Christian Nationalism Across All 50 States | PRRI Staff | PRRI | February 27, 2024]
Introduces PRRI's state-level analysis and documents the close association of Christian-nationalist beliefs with Republican affiliation and white evangelical Protestant identity.
16. [Who Are the ‘Nones’? How Are They Defined? | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | January 24, 2024]
Describes the growing religiously unaffiliated population and its strong Democratic lean, an important part of the party's internal response to religion in government.
17. [A Christian Nation? Understanding the Threat of Christian Nationalism to American Democracy and Culture | PRRI Staff | PRRI | February 8, 2023]
Provides an influential national measurement of Christian nationalism and compares attitudes across political, racial, religious, and demographic groups.
18. [45% of Americans Say U.S. Should Be a ‘Christian Nation’ | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | October 27, 2022]
Explores what Americans mean by a “Christian nation” and documents substantial differences between Republicans and Democrats over Christianity and national identity.
19. [Views of the U.S. as a Christian Nation and Opinions About Christian Nationalism | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | October 27, 2022]
Finds Democrats more familiar with the Christian-nationalism label and considerably more likely than Republicans to express an unfavorable view of it.
20. [Religion in Public Life | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | October 27, 2022]
Reports that most Democrats believed religious organizations had too much political influence, providing useful context for Democratic responses to Christian nationalism.
21. [In U.S., Far More Support Than Oppose Separation of Church and State | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | October 28, 2021]
Examines several beliefs associated with Christian nationalism and finds supporters of church-state separation disproportionately identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party.
22. [Religion and Politics: Faith Among Black Americans | Besheer Mohamed; Kiana Cox; Jeff Diamant; Claire Gecewicz | Pew Research Center | February 16, 2021]
Shows that Black Protestants remain both highly religious and heavily Democratic, complicating attempts to frame the Democratic Party simply as the secular opposite of Christian nationalism.
23. [Views About Religion in American Society | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | March 12, 2020]
Documents an earlier partisan divide over whether biblical teaching should influence American law, helping establish the background from which later Christian-nationalism debates developed.
24. [U.S. Religious Groups and Their Political Leanings | Michael Lipka | Pew Research Center | February 23, 2016]
Summarizes the political alignment of major American religious traditions and helps trace the religious restructuring of the two party coalitions.
25. [American Social and Political Attitudes | Pew Research Center | Pew Research Center | November 3, 2015]
Provides historical data on religious-group party identification before Christian nationalism became a major national political label.
Christian Nationalism, Democratic Voters, Race, and Religion
26. [How Christian Nationalist Rhetoric Can Influence Elections Across Race | Allyson Shortle; Michael R. Fisher Jr. | PRRI | August 12, 2025]
Examines how Christian-nationalist appeals may operate differently among white and nonwhite voters, including voters who supported Kamala Harris.
27. [Understanding Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism by Race | Michael R. Fisher Jr. | PRRI | June 18, 2025]
Investigates differences in Christian-nationalist and authoritarian attitudes among Black, Hispanic, and white Americans rather than assuming the ideology operates identically across racial groups.
28. [White or Woke Christian Nationalists? How Race Moderates the Link Between Christian Nationalism and Progressive Identities | Samuel Perry; Allyson Shortle; Eric Leon McDaniel; Joshua B. Grubbs | Public Opinion Quarterly | May 13, 2025]
Finds racial differences in the relationship between Christian nationalism and progressive identity, particularly among Black and Hispanic respondents.
29. [Why Black Americans Identify as Christian Nationalists: Religiosity, Theology, and History Matter | PRRI | PRRI | 2025]
Explains why some heavily Democratic Black Americans score relatively high on Christian-nationalism measures despite generally voting very differently from white Christian nationalists.
30. [Democracy Today: Insights on Race, Religion, and Democratic Principles | PRRI | PRRI | 2025]
Studies attitudes toward democracy and church-state separation while examining how Christian nationalism interacts with race and partisan identity.
31. [Democracy at a Crossroads: How Americans View Trump’s First 100 Days in Office | PRRI Staff | PRRI | 2025]
Measures Christian-nationalism favorability by party, religion, and media use, including a much smaller favorable share among Democrats than Republicans.
32. [Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Vote: PRRI’s Post-Election Survey | PRRI Staff | PRRI | December 13, 2024]
Connects Christian-nationalist attitudes with presidential vote choice while examining Democrats' and Republicans' different expectations about American democracy.
33. [One Leader Under God: The Connection Between Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism in America | PRRI Staff | PRRI | September 10, 2024]
Examines overlap among Christian nationalism, authoritarian attitudes, political violence, immigration views, gender beliefs, and partisanship.
34. [Understanding Differences Between Black and White Christian Nationalism Adherents and Sympathizers | Michael R. Fisher Jr. | PRRI | July 3, 2024]
Shows that Black and white respondents classified similarly on Christian-nationalism scales may nevertheless hold importantly different political and social attitudes.
35. [Which Political Entities Are ‘Friendly’ to Religion? The Interplay of Entity, Identity Congruence, and Christian Nationalism | Samuel L. Perry | Politics and Religion | 2024]
Examines how Christian-nationalist beliefs influence perceptions of whether the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Supreme Court are friendly toward religion.
36. [Challenges to Democracy: The 2024 Election in Focus | PRRI Staff | PRRI | 2024]
Examines relationships among partisanship, Christian nationalism, authoritarian attitudes, gender policy, immigration, and other issues during the 2024 election.
37. [The Full Armor of God: The Mobilization of Christian Nationalism in American Politics | Paul A. Djupe; Andrew R. Lewis; Anand E. Sokhey | Cambridge University Press | June 15, 2023]
Analyzes Christian nationalism as a partisan mobilization project capable of mobilizing Republicans while cross-pressuring or demobilizing some Democrats.
Academic Research on Partisanship and Political Behavior
38. [On Christian Nationalism | Jesse Smith | Religious Studies Review | September 2026]
Reviews debates within the Christian-nationalism literature, including disagreements over definitions, historical continuity, partisan alignment, and anti-Christian-nationalism responses.
39. [“We Should All Be Christian Nationalists”: Elite Influence on Identification with Christian Nationalism | Amy Brooke Grauley | Political Behavior | September 29, 2025]
Uses experiments to test how political-elite rhetoric influences whether American Christians adopt the Christian-nationalist identity.
40. [Division on the Christian Right: Republican Pastors and the Use of Force | Academic researchers | Politics and Religion | 2024]
Examines Christian-nationalist beliefs among Republican pastors and attitudes about political force while discussing Christian opposition to the ideology.
41. [“True Americans” at the Ballot Box: Ascriptive Republicanism, Christian Nationalism, and the Populist Right in 2024 | Academic researchers | Frontiers in Political Science | 2026]
Examines how religion, race, nationalism, and partisan sorting shaped political identity in the 2024 election.
42. [Religious Language in Progressive Politics: From Civil Religion to Moral Redistribution | Jack Delehanty | Understanding Christian Nationalism | 2026]
Examines progressive political uses of religious language and the relative absence of explicit religious messaging from much recent national Democratic politics.
43. [Are Christian Nationalists Antisemitic and Why? | Academic researchers | Social Science Quarterly | 2023]
Finds that Christian nationalism can predict antisemitic attitudes among both Republicans and Democrats, illustrating why partisan identity alone does not fully explain the ideology.
The Democratic Religious Coalition
44. [Can Faith-Based Politics Help Democrats Win the Midterms? | The Week staff | The Week | September 2026]
Reviews Democratic candidates incorporating religious language into campaigns and the tension between religious outreach and the party's secular constituency.
45. [Pastors-Turned-Politicians Are Bringing Christianity to the Left | Mariya Manzhos | Deseret News | August 11, 2026]
Profiles Adam Hamilton, James Talarico, Sarah Trone Garriott, and other Christians running as Democrats.
46. [Faith Is Back in Democratic Politics | Jim Wallis | Religion News Service | July 24, 2026]
Commentary describing a group of Democratic politicians who publicly connect progressive public policies with personal religious convictions while supporting religious pluralism.
47. [What Religious Left? | Baptist News Global | Baptist News Global | July 23, 2026]
Summarizes the renewed attention to religiously motivated progressive politics and debates about Christianity, democracy, and the Democratic Party.
48. [What Religious Left? | Miguel Petrosky | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera | July 22, 2026]
Discusses the contemporary religious left, James Talarico, Michael Wear, Bishop Mariann Budde, and challenges facing religious politics inside the Democratic coalition.
49. [How Some Democrats Are Using Scripture to Try to Reach Christian Voters in U.S. Midterms | Reuters | Reuters | February 17, 2026]
Reports on Democratic candidates using Christian language to discuss immigration, economic justice, abortion, and other policy questions.
50. [Trump Is Inconsistent With Christian Principles: Why the Democratic Party Is Seeing a Rise of White Clergy Candidates | Guardian staff | The Guardian | November 15, 2025]
Profiles white clergy running as Democrats partly in response to Trump-era evangelical politics and Christian nationalism.
51. [God in the Voting Booth: How Religion Shapes the Politics of Both Republicans and Democrats | Origins | Ohio State University | 2025]
Provides historical context for the religious right, religious left, Democratic pluralism, and competing Christian interpretations of public policy.
52. [Kamala Harris Is Relying on the Black Church for Votes. Should She? | Washington Post staff | The Washington Post | November 2, 2024]
Examines the continuing importance and changing character of Black churches and spirituality within Democratic political mobilization.
53. [The Black Church and the 2024 Presidential Election | Jason E. Shelton | Brookings Institution | May 15, 2024]
Examines changing political and religious affiliations within Black America and their implications for Democratic electoral politics.
54. [Survey: Religiously, Congress Doesn’t Reflect America | Associated Press | Associated Press | 2023]
Compares the overwhelmingly religious membership of Congress with an increasingly unaffiliated American population and discusses the Congressional Freethought Caucus.
55. [Non-Religious Voters Wield Clout, Tilt Heavily Democratic | Associated Press | CBS News | 2022]
Describes the growth of secular Democratic voters while emphasizing that the Democratic coalition also contains highly religious Black Protestants, Jews, and Catholics.
James Talarico and Progressive-Christian Democratic Politics
56. [U.S. Senate Candidate James Talarico Is Courting Black Voters Where It Matters Most – at Church | Joy Sewing | Houston Chronicle | September 2026]
Examines Talarico's outreach to historically Black churches and the continuing religious dimension of the Democratic coalition.
57. [No, James Talarico Is Not a Christian Nationalist | Noah Berlatsky | Sojourners | September 15, 2026]
Opinion piece debating whether explicitly Christian progressive political arguments should be distinguished from Christian nationalism.
58. [Senate Hopeful Talarico Touts His Faith. Texas Republicans Call It Blasphemy | Matthew Choi | The Washington Post | August 16, 2026]
Profiles James Talarico's effort to combine Democratic politics, progressive Christianity, religious pluralism, and explicit criticism of Christian nationalism.
59. [How Americans’ Views of the Term Christian Nationalism Are Shaped | Charles McCrary | PRRI | May 15, 2026]
Uses Talarico's distinction between Christianity and Christian nationalism to illustrate competing definitions of religion's legitimate political role.
60. [Democratic Rising Star Extends ‘Love’ After Hegseth Pastor Prays for His Death | Maya Yang | The Guardian | March 25, 2026]
Reports on Talarico's response to hostile rhetoric from a Christian nationalist-aligned pastor and his distinction between Christianity and Christian nationalism.
61. [Texas Primaries: Will James Talarico Finally Deliver Democrats a Seat in the Red State? | Guardian staff | The Guardian | March 4, 2026]
Examines Talarico's Democratic campaign, economic populism, education policies, and repeated criticism of Christian nationalism.
62. [Joe Rogan Anoints a New Progressive Star – Can James Talarico Triumph in Texas? | Guardian staff | The Guardian | July 23, 2025]
Discusses Talarico's growing national profile and his theological criticism of Christian nationalism.
Jared Huffman, Secular Democrats, and Church-State Separation
63. [CNN Interview With Jared Huffman on Christian Nationalism | CNN | CNN Transcripts | September 14, 2026]
Records Huffman's explanation of how he distinguishes private religious belief from attempts to grant Christianity privileged political status.
64. [Meet the Lawmaker Who’s Worried About Christian Nationalism | The Washington Post | The Washington Post | September 10, 2026]
Interviews Huffman about church-state separation, Christian nationalism, and Democratic efforts to appeal to religious voters.
65. [A Bible-Sized Blind Spot: Congressman Sounds Alarm on Rising Christian Nationalism | Guardian staff | The Guardian | August 26, 2026]
Profiles Huffman's argument that Democrats and other political institutions have underestimated Christian nationalism's political significance.
66. [A ‘Nonbeliever’ in Congress Argues New View of Religion Is Gaining Ground on the Hill | Michelle Boorstein | The Washington Post | August 19, 2026]
Profiles Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman's humanism, the Congressional Freethought Caucus, and his opposition to Christian nationalism.
67. [The Only Humanist in Congress on Christian Nationalism, Privilege and Protecting Democracy | Katherine Stewart | Religion News Service | August 18, 2026]
Interviews Huffman about secular government and his argument that opposition to Christian nationalism requires both religious and nonreligious participants.
68. [In God He Doesn’t Trust. Still, His Congressional Career Thrives | Mark Z. Barabak | Los Angeles Times | July 9, 2026]
Profiles Huffman's secular identity and his increasing focus on Christian nationalism.
69. [House Democrats Step Up to Try to Stop Project 2025 Plans for a Trump White House | Associated Press | AP News | June 2024]
Reports on the Democratic congressional task force led by Huffman to oppose Project 2025 and policies its members associated with Christian nationalism.
Christian Opposition and Progressive Christian Mobilization
70. [How Christians Can Defend Democracy Against Christian Nationalism | Religion News Service | Religion News Service | September 5, 2026]
Discusses Robert P. Jones's arguments about Christian faith, democracy, and religious resistance to Christian nationalism.
71. [Progressive Christian Mobilization and the Discourse of White Christian Nationalism | Lauren Horn Griffin; Charles McCrary; Jelani Ince | PRRI | August 3, 2026]
Studies local Christians Against Christian Nationalism chapters and their educational, community-building, and political activities.
72. [The Summer of Taking Christian Nationalism Seriously | Megan Fowler | Christianity Today | July 30, 2026]
Reports on Protestant denominations considering formal studies and institutional responses to Christian nationalism.
73. [Kristin Kobes Du Mez: Christian Patriarchy and Christian Nationalism Are Intertwined | Sojourners | Sojourners | 2024]
Interview discussing Christian arguments for democracy and religious opposition to Christian nationalism and patriarchal political authority.
74. [What Is Christian Nationalism? | Christians Against Christian Nationalism | Christians Against Christian Nationalism | Current]
Presents the campaign's Christian theological definition of Christian nationalism and distinguishes the ideology from Christianity itself.
75. [Frequently Asked Questions | Christians Against Christian Nationalism | Christians Against Christian Nationalism | Current]
Provides examples, definitions, and explanations from a Christian coalition formed specifically to oppose Christian nationalism.
76. [Church & Community Resources | Christians Against Christian Nationalism | Christians Against Christian Nationalism | Current]
Collects curricula, discussion materials, theological arguments, and organizing resources for Christian congregations responding to Christian nationalism.
Broader Reporting, Competing Interpretations, and Church-State Advocacy
77. [Pew: ‘Christian Nationalism’ Is Becoming a Household Term | Jack Panyard | Christianity Today | May 2026]
Reviews Pew's 2026 findings and emphasizes the large differences between Democratic and Republican attitudes toward religion and government.
78. [Where Christian Nationalism Is Most Dominant in U.S. States | Axios | Axios | February 18, 2026]
Summarizes PRRI state-level findings, including the much smaller percentage of Democrats than Republicans classified as Christian-nationalism supporters.
79. [Baptizing America: How America’s Practice of ‘Civil Religion’ and Its Endorsement by Mainline Protestants Paved the Way for Christian Nationalism | Brian Kaylor; Beau Underwood | Americans United | May 29, 2024]
Argues that Christian nationalism has roots not only in conservative evangelicalism but also in older forms of Protestant civil religion.
80. [Five Takeaways From the Summit for Religious Freedom | Rob Boston | Americans United for Separation of Church and State | April 17, 2024]
Advocacy analysis emphasizing Christian opposition to Christian nationalism and the role of church-state separation in coalition-building against it.
81. [Christian Nationalists Are a Threat to Democracy | Rob Boston | Americans United for Separation of Church and State | April 26, 2023]
Advocacy article presenting church-state separation advocates' arguments about Christian nationalism, authoritarianism, and democracy.
82. [How Mainline Protestants Help Build Christian Nationalism | Brian Kaylor; Beau Underwood | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera | January 4, 2023]
Examines historical links between mainline Protestant civil religion and the fusion of Christianity with American national identity.
83. [Nearly Half of Americans Say They Want a ‘Christian Nation’ | The Washington Post | The Washington Post | October 28, 2022]
Analyzes Pew polling showing major Republican-Democratic differences while noting significant Christian-nation sentiment among Black Protestants.
84. [Nearly Half of Americans Think USA Should Be Christian Nation, Pew Finds | Religion News Service / The Washington Post | The Washington Post | October 27, 2022]
Explores the ambiguity in what respondents mean by “Christian nation” and compares attitudes across parties and religious traditions.
85. [Is Christian Nationalism Growing or Declining? Both. | Andrew L. Whitehead | The Washington Post | October 25, 2022]
Argues that population-level adherence and political influence can move differently, especially as Christian nationalism becomes more closely identified with Republican politics.
86. [How Do Americans Feel About Christian Nationalism? | The Washington Post | The Washington Post | September 1, 2022]
Reviews polling and the increased public use of the Christian-nationalist label, including rhetoric portraying Democrats as religious or cultural enemies.
Democratic Faith Politics and the 2026 Midterms
87. [No Democrat Has Won a Kansas Senate Seat in a Century. Can a Megachurch Pastor Change That? | Heather Hollingsworth | Associated Press | September 2026]
Profiles Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton's Democratic Senate campaign and examines disputes over theology, pluralism, LGBTQ rights, and religion's appropriate place in government.
88. [Republicans Made El-Sayed a Top Midterm Target. The Democrat Wants to Talk About Michigan Voters | Joey Cappelletti | Associated Press | September 2026]
Examines attacks on Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's Muslim identity and his effort to focus the campaign on economic and state issues.
89. [Review of “The Religious Left: What It Does and How It Can Do Better” | Todd Nicholas Fuist | Social Forces | September 18, 2026]
Reviews Robert Wuthnow's study of progressive religious activism against the backdrop of the Religious Right and Christian nationalism.
90. [There’s Only One Way Progressive Christians Can Reclaim God | Eric Teetsel | The Washington Post | August 28, 2026]
Conservative commentary assessing the increased prominence of explicitly Christian Democratic candidates and the political challenges facing a revived religious left.
91. [El-Sayed’s Win Triggered Wave of Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Online, Post Analysis Shows | Praveena Somasundaram; Luke Connors | The Washington Post | August 23, 2026]
Analyzes how political commentary about Michigan Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed shifted toward his Muslim identity after his primary victory.
92. [Some Democrats Trying to Reclaim the Issue of Faith from the Republican Party | Hannah Demissie; Gaby Vinick | ABC News | August 17, 2026]
Examines Democratic candidates who are speaking openly about Christianity and other religious commitments as they attempt to reach religious voters during the 2026 midterm elections.
93. [Paxton, Talarico Tap Contrary Versions of God and Christianity in Appeal to Texas Voters | Jack Jenkins | Religion News Service / Texas Tribune | August 13, 2026]
Compares competing theological and political messages in the Texas Senate race, including James Talarico's opposition to Christian nationalism.
94. [Can the Religious Left Stop Christian Nationalism? | Dan Beecher; Frank Feldman | Thank God I’m Atheist | August 12, 2026]
Discusses whether progressive religious politicians can provide an alternative to Christian nationalism without further expanding religion's role in government.
95. [Pastors-Turned-Politicians Are Bringing Christianity to the Left | Mariya Manzhos | Deseret News | August 11, 2026]
Profiles Adam Hamilton, James Talarico, Sarah Trone Garriott, and other Democratic candidates challenging assumptions that Christian identity necessarily implies Republican politics.
96. [Republicans Attacking Abdul El-Sayed Say He Supports Shariah in the US. That Distorts an Old Video | Amy Sherman | PolitiFact | August 10, 2026]
Fact-checks claims about El-Sayed and Islamic law and provides an example of how religious identity is deployed in partisan campaigning.
97. [How the US Far-Right Weaponised ‘Inshallah’ Against Abdul El-Sayed | Al Jazeera Staff | Al Jazeera | August 10, 2026]
Examines online rhetoric depicting a Muslim Democratic candidate as a religious threat to American national identity.
98. [As Progressives Seek to Take on Inequality, Some Cite Religion as a Motivating Factor | Krysta Fauria | Associated Press | July 31, 2026]
Examines Muslim Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and progressive Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders who connect economic policy with religious and moral commitments.
99. [Muslim Senate Candidate El-Sayed Says Faith Drives His Progressive Economic Platform in Michigan Race | Associated Press | CBS Detroit | July 31, 2026]
Describes Abdul El-Sayed's argument that his Muslim faith informs his positions on poverty, health care, economic inequality, and public responsibility.
100. [Are Kansas Voters Ready to Send a Pastor to Washington? WWJD? | Yvette Walker | Kansas City Star | June 11, 2026]
Places Adam Hamilton's candidacy in the broader trend of ministers running for federal office as Democrats.
101. [How Some Democrats Are Using Scripture to Try to Reach Christian Voters in US Midterms | Reuters | Reuters | February 17, 2026]
Reports on Democratic candidates, including clergy and seminary students, who connect positions on immigration, economic justice, reproductive policy, and public service with religious teachings.
102. [Progressive Christian Mobilization and the Discourse of Christian Nationalism | Charles McCrary; Lauren Horn Griffin; Jelani Ince | American Academy of Religion | 2026]
Describes field research on progressive-Christian groups that use opposition to Christian nationalism as a framework for political organization and community activity.
103. [Austin InSight: The Full Conversation with Rep. James Talarico | Austin PBS | PBS | 2025]
Features an extended discussion of Talarico's Christian faith, church-state separation, and his understanding of Christian nationalism.
104. [Austin InSight: A Conversation with Rep. James Talarico | Austin PBS | PBS | 2025]
Explores how a Democratic Christian politician distinguishes progressive Christian political participation from efforts to privilege Christianity through government.
105. [State Rep. James Talarico on Project 2025 and Christian Nationalism | Daniella Gibbs Léger | Center for American Progress Action | 2024]
Interviews Talarico about his theological objections to Christian nationalism and his interpretation of proposals associated with Project 2025.
Democratic Presidents, Candidates, and Faith Outreach
106. [Harris Talks Increasingly About Her Faith but Walks a Careful Line | Matt Viser | The Washington Post | October 27, 2024]
Examines Kamala Harris's Black Baptist upbringing, interfaith family background, prayer practices, and cautious treatment of religion during her presidential campaign.
107. [Religious Values and the 2024 Election | Pew Research Center | June 6, 2024]
Compares Biden and Trump supporters on whether religion should influence government policy, biblical authority, morality, and official promotion of Christianity.
108. [Voters’ Views of Trump and Biden Differ Sharply by Religion | Gregory A. Smith | Pew Research Center | April 30, 2024]
Documents differing candidate preferences among white Christians, Black Protestants, and religiously unaffiliated voters.
109. [How Americans See Presidential Candidates’ Religiosity | Pew Research Center | March 15, 2024]
Compares perceptions of Joe Biden and Donald Trump's religiosity and examines differences among Democratic and Republican religious constituencies.
110. [Most White Americans Who Regularly Attend Worship Services Voted for Trump in 2020 | Justin Nortey | Pew Research Center | August 30, 2021]
Shows the relationship between worship attendance and presidential vote while highlighting Democratic strength among Black Protestants and religiously unaffiliated voters.
111. [Behind Biden’s 2020 Victory | Pew Research Center | June 30, 2021]
Analyzes Biden's support among Black Protestants, religiously unaffiliated voters, Catholics, and other religious constituencies.
112. [Most Democrats and Republicans Know Biden Is Catholic, but They Differ Sharply About How Religious He Is | Pew Research Center | March 30, 2021]
Documents partisan differences in perceptions of Biden's Catholic faith and debates over Catholic politicians, abortion, and Communion.
113. [Josh Dickson: The Evangelical Behind Joe Biden’s Outreach to Religious Voters | Sarah Pulliam Bailey | The Washington Post | January 8, 2021]
Profiles the Biden campaign's national faith-engagement director and efforts to counter perceptions that Democrats are hostile to religion.
114. [Religious Group Voting and the 2020 Election | Frank Newport | Gallup | November 13, 2020]
Examines religious voting patterns and the Biden campaign's attempt to increase Democratic support among religious constituencies.
115. [Biden Camp to Expand Faith Outreach as Election Heats Up | Elana Schor | Associated Press / The Washington Post | August 28, 2020]
Reports on Biden campaign programs directed toward Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, evangelical, and other religious voters.
116. [8 Facts About Catholics and Politics in the U.S. | Gregory A. Smith | Pew Research Center | September 15, 2020]
Provides context for Biden's Catholic identity and the longstanding partisan divisions among American Catholics.
117. [Most Americans Don’t See Democratic Candidates as Very Religious | Michael Lipka | Pew Research Center | February 27, 2020]
Examines public perceptions of the religiosity of Biden, Sanders, Warren, and Buttigieg and the partisan gap in those perceptions.
118. [Among Democrats, Christians Lean Toward Biden, While ‘Nones’ Prefer Sanders | Michael Lipka; Gregory A. Smith | Pew Research Center | January 31, 2020]
Shows significant religious differences inside the Democratic presidential electorate during the 2020 primary.
119. [How the Faithful Voted: 2012 Preliminary Analysis | Pew Research Center | November 7, 2012]
Shows the religious composition of Barack Obama's reelection coalition and contrasts it with Mitt Romney's support among white Christians.
120. [Democratic Party Names Derrick Harkins to Lead Faith Outreach Efforts | Michelle Boorstein | The Washington Post | October 20, 2011]
Describes Democratic efforts to organize religious outreach during President Barack Obama's reelection campaign.
121. [A Post-Election Look at Religious Voters in the 2008 Election | Pew Research Center | December 8, 2008]
Reviews Barack Obama's coalition among Black Protestants, non-Christian faiths, religiously unaffiliated voters, and less-observant Catholics.
122. [Religion and Politics ’08: Joe Biden | Pew Research Center | November 4, 2008]
Profiles Biden's Catholic identity and public statements about faith during the Obama-Biden campaign.
123. [More Americans Question Religion’s Role in Politics | Pew Research Center | August 21, 2008]
Studies public attitudes toward political religion during the Obama-McCain campaign and reports changes in religious-group partisan identification.
124. [Section 2: The Campaign, Candidates and Bush | Pew Research Center | August 21, 2008]
Examines voter comfort with politicians discussing religion and how attitudes toward political religiosity related to Obama and McCain support.
125. [Religious Voters in the 2008 Election: What It Means for Democrats, Republicans | Pew Research Center | May 5, 2008]
Examines the importance of Catholic, evangelical, Black Protestant, and other religious constituencies during Barack Obama's first presidential campaign.
The Changing Religious Composition of the Democratic Coalition
126. [Religiousness Varies a Lot by Race Among Democrats, Relatively Little Among Republicans | Jeff Diamant | Pew Research Center | November 20, 2025]
Demonstrates the large religious differences between Black, Hispanic, Asian, and white Democrats.
127. [Detailed Demographic Profiles of Trump and Harris Voters in 2024 | Pew Research Center | June 26, 2025]
Shows that the Harris coalition contained substantially larger shares of religiously unaffiliated and Black Protestant voters than the Trump coalition.
128. [How Voting Patterns Changed in the 2024 Election: A Detailed Analysis | Pew Research Center | June 26, 2025]
Examines shifts among Catholics, Protestants, religiously unaffiliated voters, and frequent worship attenders between the 2020 and 2024 elections.
129. [Faith on the Hill: The Religious Composition of the 119th Congress | Jeff Diamant | Pew Research Center | January 2, 2025]
Shows that congressional Democrats remain predominantly Christian while containing substantially greater religious diversity than congressional Republicans.
130. [Democrats and Democratic Leaners | Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study | 2025]
Provides detailed data on evangelical, mainline Protestant, historically Black Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, atheist, agnostic, and other components of the Democratic coalition.
131. [10 Facts About Democrats in the U.S. | Pew Research Center | August 16, 2024]
Describes demographic and religious change within the Democratic electorate, including growth in religiously unaffiliated voters.
132. [How Religious Groups Voted in the 2018 Midterm Elections | Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac; Gregory A. Smith | Pew Research Center | November 7, 2018]
Shows Democratic strength among religious minorities and people who seldom or never attend religious services.
133. [Religiously, Nonwhite Democrats Are More Similar to Republicans Than to White Democrats | Jeff Diamant; Gregory A. Smith | Pew Research Center | May 23, 2018]
Shows that broad descriptions of Democrats as secular can obscure high levels of religiosity among Black and Hispanic Democrats.
134. [When Americans Say They Believe in God, What Do They Mean? | Pew Research Center | April 25, 2018]
Finds substantial partisan and racial differences in beliefs about God, including large differences between white and nonwhite Democrats.
135. [Key Findings About Americans’ Belief in God | Dalia Fahmy | Pew Research Center | April 25, 2018]
Summarizes differences between Republicans and Democrats in belief in a biblical God, a higher power, or no deity.
136. [The Changing Composition of the U.S. Political Parties | Pew Research Center | September 13, 2016]
Traces the increasing proportion of religiously unaffiliated voters within the Democratic coalition since the 1990s.
137. [Party Affiliation Among U.S. Voters: 1992–2016 | Pew Research Center | September 13, 2016]
Documents long-term Democratic strength among Black Protestants, Hispanic Catholics, Jews, and religiously unaffiliated voters.
138. [The Parties on the Eve of the 2016 Election: Two Coalitions, Moving Further Apart | Pew Research Center | September 13, 2016]
Examines widening religious, racial, educational, and demographic differences between Democratic and Republican voters.
139. [2016 Party Identification Detailed Tables | Pew Research Center | September 13, 2016]
Provides detailed demographic data useful for tracing the religious and racial composition of Democratic identification.
140. [The Religious Composition of the 116th Congress | Pew Research Center | January 3, 2019]
Documents the comparatively high religious diversity of Democratic members of Congress while showing that most congressional Democrats still identified as Christian.
141. [“Nones” on the Rise | Pew Research Center | October 9, 2012]
Documents the rapid growth of religiously unaffiliated Americans and their strong tendency to identify with or lean toward Democrats.
142. [Social and Political Views of the Unaffiliated | Pew Research Center | October 9, 2012]
Examines the partisan, ideological, and policy views of atheists, agnostics, and people reporting no particular religion.
143. [Trends in Party Identification of Religious Groups | Pew Research Center | February 2, 2012]
Tracks changes in Democratic and Republican identification among major American religious groups.
144. [By Religious Affiliation: Trends in Party Identification of Religious Groups | Pew Research Center | February 2, 2012]
Examines partisan identification among Jews, Black Protestants, Catholics, evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and unaffiliated voters.
145. [Religious Groups and Political Party Identification | Pew Research Center | 2012]
Profiles the religious composition of Democratic and Republican registered voters during the Obama era.
Academic Research on Christian Nationalism and Democratic Partisanship
146. [Christian Nationalists’ Professed Support for Religious Pluralism Is Often Drowned Out by Perceptions That Christians Are Under Threat | Academic researchers | Religion News Service | August 21, 2026]
Summarizes research showing how perceived threats can alter the relationship between pluralistic commitments and Christian-nationalist attitudes.
147. [Backlash to Christian Nationalism: The Impact of the January 6th Insurrection on Americans’ Religiosity and Political Partisanship | David E. Campbell; Geoffrey C. Layman | Politics and Religion | July 13, 2026]
Investigates whether awareness of Christian religious symbolism during January 6 produced changes in religious behavior and partisan identity.
148. [The Full Armor of God: The Mobilization of Christian Nationalism in American Politics | University of Colorado Boulder | June 17, 2026]
Summarizes research arguing that Christian nationalism cannot be understood separately from party competition and political mobilization.
149. [Judgement by Fire: The Rapid Anti-Democratic Turn of American Christian Nationalism | Paul A. Djupe; Jacob R. Neiheisel; Anand E. Sokhey; Brooklyn E. Walker | University of Colorado Boulder | June 17, 2026]
Examines religious demographic change, partisan sorting, and increasingly conflict-oriented rhetoric surrounding Christian nationalism.
150. [The Weakness of Anti-Christian Nationalism: When Religiously Inclusive Orientations Can’t Increase Tolerance | Paul A. Djupe et al. | Politics and Religion | 2026]
Tests whether explicitly pluralistic religious ideas can counter the effects of Christian nationalism on political tolerance.
151. [The Religious Left: What It Does and How It Can Do Better | Robert Wuthnow | New York University Press | 2026]
Studies organizations, congregations, and activists on the American religious left and the challenges they face in building political influence.
152. [Partisan and Racial Sorting of Christian Nationalism, 1996–2022: Backlash and Counter Backlash on the (White) Secular Left and Religious Right | Jesse Smith | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion | December 26, 2025]
Finds sharp declines in Christian-nationalist attitudes among Democrats after 2014, especially among white Democrats, alongside more modest changes among Republicans.
153. [Anti-Abortion and Pro-Coercion: White Christian Nationalism and Support for Arresting Women Who Have Abortions | Darci K. Schmidgall; Samuel L. Perry; Joshua B. Grubbs | Social Problems | June 28, 2025]
Studies relationships among Christian nationalism, white nationalism, abortion politics, and support for criminal penalties.
154. [The Varieties of American Christian Nationalism | Nilay Saiya | Politics and Religion | May 13, 2025]
Distinguishes charismatic dominionism, Calvinist nationalism, and Catholic integralism rather than treating Christian nationalism as a single uniform ideology.
155. [How Christian Nationalism Co-opts Black Americans for Republicans: The Case of Abortion in the 2024 Presidential Election | Academic researchers | Ethnic and Racial Studies | 2025]
Finds that Christian-nationalist attitudes can influence issue priorities among Black as well as white respondents, including some strong Democrats.
156. [Holy Disregard: Christian Nationalists More Likely to Accept Democratic Norm Violations from Fellow Citizens | Hannah Criser | Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies | 2025]
Uses survey data to investigate Christian nationalism and tolerance of political violence, voter suppression, and refusal to accept election results.
157. [Christian Nationalism and Support for Leaders Violating Democratic Norms During National Emergencies | Samuel L. Perry; Joshua B. Grubbs | Politics and Religion | September 19, 2024]
Examines how Christian nationalism, partisan identity, race, and political context relate to willingness to grant leaders extraordinary powers.
158. [Divided by Faith (in Christian America): Christian Nationalism, Race, and Divergent Perceptions of Racial Injustice | Samuel L. Perry et al. | Social Forces | November 11, 2021]
Examines racial differences in how Christian-nationalist beliefs relate to perceptions of discrimination and racial inequality.
159. [The Devil That You Know: Christian Nationalism and Intent to Change One’s Voting Behavior For or Against Trump in 2020 | Samuel L. Perry; Andrew L. Whitehead; Joshua B. Grubbs | Politics and Religion | April 21, 2021]
Finds that Christian nationalism reinforced Trump support and reduced willingness among previous Trump voters to consider Democratic candidates.
160. [Boundaries | Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry | Taking America Back for God | March 19, 2020]
Examines associations between Christian nationalism and attitudes concerning race, immigration, citizenship, religious minorities, and national belonging.
161. [Faith and the Faithful in the Democratic Party | Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life | Georgetown University | 2018]
Examines African American, Latino, Catholic, evangelical, and secular constituencies and debates over how Democrats should approach religious voters.
162. [Religion, Moral Values and the Democratic Party | Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life | Pew Research Center | May 22, 2006]
Presents a discussion of Democratic difficulties and opportunities in communicating with religious voters before the contemporary Christian-nationalism debate.
Church-State Separation, Project 2025, and Democratic Responses
163. [No Surprises: Religious Liberty Commission Draft Report Advances Christian Nationalism | Alessandro Terenzoni | Americans United | July 2, 2026]
Advocacy analysis criticizing the Trump administration's Religious Liberty Commission and its treatment of church-state separation.
164. [Faith’s Role in U.S. Politics “Requires Humility,” Not Certainty, Says Sen. Warnock | Michel Martin | Georgia Public Broadcasting / NPR | June 16, 2026]
Interviews Democratic Senator and Baptist pastor Raphael Warnock about faith, democracy, pluralism, systemic injustice, and the Democratic Party's treatment of religious language.
165. [Trump to Join Prayer Gathering Criticized for Promoting Christian Nationalism | Peter Smith | Associated Press / PBS NewsHour | May 14, 2026]
Reports on competing interpretations of a national prayer gathering and includes contemporary polling on government promotion of Christianity.
166. [How a Coin Taught Me to Counter Christian Nationalism | Jaziah Masters | Americans United | 2026]
Reflects on the 250th anniversary of American independence, Christian nationalism, religious minorities, and pluralistic interpretations of national identity.
167. [The Shadow Network Behind Project 2025 | Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Americans United | 2024–2026]
Collects material linking conservative legal, religious, policy, and donor organizations involved with Project 2025 and church-state issues.
168. [The New Christian Right, Antisemitism & U.S. Democracy | Amanpour and Company | PBS | December 19, 2025]
Discusses changing nationalist currents within conservative Christianity and their implications for Jews and other religious minorities.
169. [Phase 2 of Project 2025 Is Coming. Americans United Is Ready. | Andrew L. Seidel | Americans United | November 14, 2024]
Advocacy article describing Americans United's opposition to Project 2025 and its interpretation of Christian-nationalist political goals.
170. [How Charlie Kirk’s Groups Are Trying to Elect Trump | Tom Dreisbach | NPR | October 24, 2024]
Investigates efforts to mobilize evangelical voters and rhetoric portraying Democratic political victories as threats to Christians.
171. [Democracy at a Crossroads | Brookings Institution / PRRI | October 16, 2024]
Examines Christian nationalism alongside immigration, reproductive policy, LGBTQ rights, political violence, and preferences in the Harris-Trump election.
172. [How Project 2025 Impacts the Separation of Church and State | To the Contrary | PBS | September 6, 2024]
Discusses arguments that Project 2025 would weaken church-state separation and expand governmental support for conservative religious policies.
173. [Kentucky Panelists Discuss the Threat of Christian Nationalism | Baptist News Global | August 2024]
Reports a discussion involving religious and political figures about Christianity, conservatism, democracy, and Christian nationalism.
174. [Florida This Week: Religion, Christian Nationalism, and Florida Politics | WEDU PBS | August 9, 2024]
Examines Florida religious demographics, Christian-nationalist survey findings, and competing religious perspectives on politics.
175. [Kristin Du Mez: Project 2025 Will Redefine Constitution in Name of Christianity | Amanpour and Company | PBS | July 23, 2024]
Interviews historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez about evangelical political activism, Project 2025, Christian nationalism, and constitutional government.
176. [“God & Country”: Christian Nationalism in U.S. Politics | Laura Flanders & Friends | PBS | April 5, 2024]
Discusses a documentary examining Christian nationalism's relationship with Christianity, nationalism, political power, and democracy.
177. [What Is Christian Nationalism and Why It Raises Concerns About Threats to Democracy | Laura Barrón-López; Sam Lane | PBS NewsHour | February 1, 2024]
Interviews scholar Brad Onishi about definitions, historical origins, political influence, and debates over Christian nationalism.
178. [Examining Religion’s Influence on American Politics and Democracy | Politically Speaking | PBS | December 6, 2024]
Interviews journalist Katherine Stewart about networks connecting conservative religious activism, public policy, and Christian nationalism.
179. [Senator Reverend Warnock: “My Faith Is Not a Weapon Used to Beat Other People Down” | Office of Senator Raphael Warnock / The New Yorker Radio Hour | 2024]
Discusses Warnock's understanding of faith as a basis for civic engagement rather than religious domination and addresses religion's role in democratic politics.
180. [Understanding the Threat of White Christian Nationalism to American Democracy Today | Brookings Institution / PRRI | February 8, 2023]
Presents survey findings on Christian nationalism, political parties, racial attitudes, authoritarianism, religious identity, and democratic norms.
181. [Takeaways From the AP/FRONTLINE Michael Flynn Investigation | Michelle R. Smith | Associated Press / FRONTLINE | September 7, 2022]
Examines Michael Flynn's political network, election activism, and use of Christian-nationalist themes following the 2020 election.
182. [Cory Booker Says He Grounds His Policies in a ‘Moral Center’ — Including His New Reparations Bill | Sarah Pulliam Bailey | The Washington Post | April 11, 2019]
Profiles Booker's use of religious and moral language and examines Democratic efforts to challenge perceptions that religion belongs primarily to conservative politics.
