What We Are Getting Wrong About Christian Nationalism

Eric L. McDaniel. Graphic by Ryan McQuade/Sojourners.

Christian nationalist ideology expanding to nonwhite and non-Christian populations is a particular area of interest for Eric L. McDaniel, who is a professor in the department of government at the University of Texas at Austin. In The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics, McDaniel and his co-authors, Irfan Nooruddin and Allyson F. Shortle, explore how religious nationalist ideology is gaining influence with the American public. 

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