ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author argues that: Trumpism is a secularized version of white Christian nationalism; many white evangelicals are also white Christian nationalists; most others are social conservatives. The white Christian nationalists already preferred Trump during the primaries; the social conservatives rallied behind him in the general election. On the transactional account, the alliance between Trumpism and evangelicalism was a straightforward quid-pro-quo. In their analyses, A. L. Whitehead and S. L. Perry found that various measures of white Christian nationalism (WCN) are strongly correlated with various indicators of racial prejudice. They are also strongly correlated with support for the military and opposition to gun control. One of the first journalists to focus on WCN was New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg. In her 2006 book, Kingdom Coming , she used “Christian nationalism” as a catch-all phrase for theocratic versions of Christian conservatism.
