Select Bibliography on Christian Nationalism
Recommended Books that Challenge Christian Nationalism
(Including books written by evangelicals)
Ajoy, April. Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith, Worthy Books, 2024. (Written by a former Christian Nationalist who has repudiated it)
Alberta, Tim. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, Harper, 2023.
Austin, Michael W. American Christian Nationalism: Neither American Nor Christian, Wm. Eerdmans, 2024.
Balmer, Randall, Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right, Wm. Eerdmans, 2021.
Boedy, Matthew, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy, Westminster/John Knox Press, 2025.
Cooper-White, P. The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide, Fortress Press, 2021.
Du Mez, Kristin. K. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, Norton, 2020.
Fanestil, John. American Heresy: The Roots and Reach of White Christian Nationalism, Fortress Press, 2023.
Goldberg, Michelle. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, W. W. Norton, 2006.
Gorski, Philip S., & Perry, Samuel L. The Flag and the Cross: Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy, Oxford University Press, 2022.
Gushee, David P. Defending Democracy for Its Christian Enemies, Wm Eerdmans, 2023.
Hendrickson, Obery M. Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals are Destroying our Nation and our Faith, Beacon, 2022.
Heyward, Carter. The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism: A Call to Action, Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.
Ingersoll, Julie J. Building God’s Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstruction, Oxford University Press, 2015.
Jones, Robert P. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Looper, Joel. Another Gospel: Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity, Wm. Eerdmans, 2022.
McDaniel, Eric L. et al. The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Miller, Paul D. The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism, InterVarsity Press, 2022.
Mitchell, Beverly E. White Supremacy through Black Eyes, Fortress Press, 2026.
Noll, Mark A., Nathan O. Hatch, et. al. The Search for Christian America, Crossway Books, 1983.
Stewart, Katherine. The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.
Taylor, Matthew D. The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian Movement that is Threatening Our Democracy, Broadleaf Books, 2024.
Tyler, Amanda. How to End Christian Nationalism, Broadleaf Books, 2024.
Throckmorton, Warren. The Christian Past That Wasn’t: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History. Broadleaf Books, 2026.
Tisby, Jemar. The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, Zondervan, 2019.
Whitehead, Andrew L. American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church, Baker, 2023.
Whitehead, Andrew L., & Perry, Samuel. Taking Back America for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, 2022.
Wright, N. T. and Michael F. Bird. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies, Zondervan, 2024.
Yancy, George et al., eds. In Sheep’s Clothing: The Idolatry of White Christian Nationalism, Rowman & Littlefield, 2024
For Scholarly Purposes Only, Books written by Christian Nationalists
These are named for the sake of academic study only and do NOT reflect the views of the ELCA or the JLE, its publisher or its editors.
Barton, David and Tim Barton. The American Story: The Beginnings, WallBuilders Press, 2020.
Beilby, James K. et al., eds. Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views, Baker Academic, 2012.
Francese, Dominic. Prophetic Patriotism: A New Call to Action, Worship and Spirit Publishing, 2022.
Hazony, Yoram. The Virtue of Nationalism, Basic Books, 2018.
Maiden, Michael. Turn the World Upside Down: Discipling the Nations with the Seven Mountain Strategy, Destiny Image Publishing, 2011.
Wallnau, Lance. God’s Chaos Code: The Shocking Blueprint that Reveals 5 Keys to the Destiny of Nations, Killer Sheep Media, Inc., 2020.
Wallnau, Lance, Bill Johnson, Invading Babylon: The 7 Mountain Mandate, Destiny Image Publishers, 2013.
Wolfe, Stephen. The Case for Christian Nationalism, Moscow ID: Canon Press, 2023.
William Rodríguez is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida. He serves as Book Review Editor for the Journal of Lutheran Ethics.