white Christian nationalism isn’t synonymous with white evangelicalism though: it has many non-evangelical supporters, including a significant number of mainline Protestants; white Roman Catholics; and, even more, white Pentecostals. Yet another reason is that a minority of white evangelicals are actively resisting white Christian nationalism. Indeed, following the events of January 6, 2021, the faculty of Wheaton College—the “evangelical Harvard”—released a formal statement condemning the insurrection and denouncing “Christian nationalism” and “white supremacism.” These counter-currents give
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