WATCH: Six Steps for Challenging Christian Nationalism: Building Peace Amid Polarization & Violent Extremism

In this Peace Catalyst talk, Professor Drew J. Strait unpacks key concepts and insights from his new book, Strange Worship: Six Steps for Challenging Christian Nationalism. In addition to defining Christian nationalism, Strait discusses how it is impacting global faith communities and how faith leaders can challenge its threats to democracies and human flourishing with strategic nonviolence.

Additional Links

• Drew Strait’s website: https://www.drewstrait.com/

• Strange Worship book: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666760910/strange-worship/

Resources on Christian Nationalism

• Taking America Back For God: Christian Nationalism in the United States by Andrew L. Whitehead and Samuel L. Perry (book)

• https://www.prri.org/research/a-christian-nation-understanding-the-threat-of-christian-nationalism-to-american-democracy-and-culture/

• The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement (podcast)

• The Flag + The Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy by Philip. S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry (book)

• The Search for Christian America by Mark A. Noel, Nathan O. Hatch, George M. Marsden (book)

• A quick look at Christian nationalism outside the US