A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A concise sociological history and analysis of white Christian nationalism in the United States.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It gives travelers language for distinguishing Christian faith from a powerful fusion of religious and national identity. The book helps communities examine institutional loyalties and public myths without reducing the issue to individual prejudice.
Good starting place if…
You want an accessible sociological account of how race, national identity, violence, masculinity, and Christianity combine within white Christian nationalism in the United States.
Know before you begin…
Gorski and Perry analyze a political-cultural ideology rather than claiming that all patriotism, conservatism, evangelicalism, or Christian public engagement is the same. Their framing is interpretive and written within a contested contemporary debate.