Christian Nationalism's Foothold In American Politics

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🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution found that found more than half of Republicans believe the US should be a strictly Christian nation, adhering to the ideals of Christian nationalism or sympathizing with those views. While this remains a minority opinion nationwide, the study also found correlations between people who hold Christian nationalist views and Anti-Black, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, and patriarchal views.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Amanda and I'm in Dublin, Ireland.
0:03.8	I am about to head out for my class for my last semester of school.
0:09.0	This podcast was recorded at 111 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15th.
0:14.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear it,
0:16.5	but I will still be trying to figure out how it can be raining on me even when the sky is blue.
0:21.5	Alright, here's the show.
0:26.5	I too would like a semester in Dublin. How do I get one of those?
0:29.5	That sounds lovely. Good for her.
0:31.5	Yeah, that's the best conditions for rain.
0:33.5	Rainy and sunny all at the same time. And you know what?
0:36.0	You can always see a rainbow.
0:37.5	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast, I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics.
0:41.0	I'm Ashley Lopez, I also cover politics.
0:43.5	And I'm Danielle Kurtzlaven, I too, cover politics.
0:46.5	And today we are talking about Christian nationalism
0:50.5	and its foothold in American politics,
0:53.0	particularly within the Republican Party.
0:55.5	Ashley, you've covered a new survey out from the nonpartisan public religion research institute
1:00.5	and the Washington Think Tank, the Brookings Institution,
1:03.5	that's been looking at this issue.
1:05.5	And before we get to what the survey found,
1:07.5	can you start by defining what Christian nationalism means?
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