white Christian nationalism is not just a problem among white American Christians. There are secular versions of white Christian nationalism that claim to defend “Western Culture” or “Judeo-Christian civilization.” And there are secular white Americans who know how to leverage white Christian nationalist language. For such Americans, the “Christian” label simply signals shared tribal identity or veils political values that would otherwise be socially unacceptable. That is certainly how Trump himself used the label—as a rallying cry and a fig leaf—and one reason why so many white Christians
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