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Select Bibliography on Christian Nationalism <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Recommended Books that Challenge Christian Nationalism <\/strong><\/p>\n

(Including books written by evangelicals)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Ajoy, April. Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith<\/em>, Worthy Books, 2024. (Written by a former Christian Nationalist who has repudiated it)<\/p>\n

Alberta, Tim.\u00a0The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism<\/em>,\u00a0 Harper, 2023.<\/p>\n

Austin, Michael W. American Christian Nationalism: Neither American Nor Christian<\/em>, Wm. Eerdmans, 2024.<\/p>\n

Balmer, Randall, Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right<\/em>, Wm. Eerdmans, 2021.<\/p>\n

Boedy, Matthew, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy<\/em>, Westminster\/John Knox Press, 2025.<\/p>\n

Cooper-White, P. The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People Are Drawn In and How to Talk Across the Divide<\/em>, Fortress Press, 2021.<\/p>\n

Du Mez, Kristin. K. \u00a0Jesus and John Wayne<\/em><\/a>: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation<\/em>, Norton, 2020.<\/p>\n

Fanestil, John. American Heresy: The Roots and Reach of White Christian Nationalism<\/em>, \u00a0Fortress Press, 2023.<\/p>\n

Goldberg, Michelle. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism<\/em>, W. W. Norton, 2006.<\/p>\n

Gorski, Philip S., & Perry, Samuel L. The Flag and the Cross: Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy<\/em>,\u00a0 Oxford University Press, 2022.<\/p>\n

Gushee, David P. Defending Democracy for Its Christian Enemies<\/em>, Wm Eerdmans, 2023.<\/p>\n

Hendrickson, Obery M. Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals are Destroying our Nation and our Faith<\/em>,\u00a0Beacon, 2022.<\/p>\n

Heyward, Carter. The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism: A Call to Action<\/em>, Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.<\/p>\n

Ingersoll, Julie J. Building God\u2019s Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstruction<\/em>, Oxford University Press, 2015.<\/p>\n

Jones, Robert P. White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity<\/em>, Simon & Schuster, 2020.<\/p>\n

Looper, Joel. Another Gospel: Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity, Wm.<\/em> Eerdmans, 2022.<\/p>\n

McDaniel, Eric L. et al. The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics<\/em>, Cambridge University Press, 2022.<\/p>\n

Miller, Paul D. The Religion of American Greatness: What\u2019s Wrong with Christian Nationalism<\/em>, InterVarsity Press, 2022.<\/p>\n

Mitchell, Beverly E. White Supremacy through Black Eyes<\/em>, Fortress Press, 2026.<\/p>\n

Noll, Mark A., Nathan O. Hatch, et. al. The Search for Christian America<\/em>, Crossway Books, 1983.<\/p>\n

Stewart, Katherine. The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism<\/em>, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.<\/p>\n

Taylor, Matthew D. The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian Movement that is Threatening Our Democracy<\/em>, Broadleaf Books, 2024.<\/p>\n

Tyler, Amanda. How to End Christian Nationalism<\/em>, Broadleaf Books, 2024.<\/p>\n

Throckmorton, Warren. The Christian Past That Wasn\u2019t: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History. <\/em>Broadleaf Books, 2026.<\/p>\n

Tisby, Jemar. The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism<\/em>, Zondervan, 2019.<\/p>\n

Whitehead, Andrew L. American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church<\/em>, Baker, 2023.<\/p>\n

Whitehead, Andrew L., & Perry, Samuel. Taking Back America for God<\/em><\/a>: Christian Nationalism in the United States<\/em>\u00a0(2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, 2022.<\/p>\n

Wright, N. T. and Michael F. Bird. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies<\/em>, Zondervan, 2024.<\/p>\n

Yancy, George et al., eds. In Sheep\u2019s Clothing: The Idolatry of White Christian Nationalism<\/em>, Rowman & Littlefield, 2024<\/p>\n

For Scholarly Purposes Only, Books written by Christian Nationalists<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Barton, David and Tim Barton. The American Story: The Beginnings<\/em>, WallBuilders Press, 2020.<\/p>\n

Beilby, James K. et al., eds. Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views<\/em>, Baker Academic, 2012.<\/p>\n

Francese, Dominic. Prophetic Patriotism: A New Call to Action<\/em>, Worship and Spirit Publishing, 2022.<\/p>\n

Hazony, Yoram. The Virtue of Nationalism<\/em>, Basic Books, 2018.<\/p>\n

Maiden, Michael. Turn the World Upside Down: Discipling the Nations with the Seven Mountain Strategy<\/em>, Destiny Image Publishing, 2011.<\/p>\n

Wallnau, Lance. God\u2019s Chaos Code: The Shocking Blueprint that Reveals 5 Keys to the Destiny of Nations<\/em>, Killer Sheep Media, Inc., 2020.<\/p>\n

Wallnau, Lance, Bill Johnson, Invading Babylon: The 7 Mountain Mandate, <\/em>Destiny Image Publishers, 2013.<\/p>\n

Wolfe, Stephen. The Case for Christian Nationalism,<\/em>\u00a0Moscow ID: Canon Press, 2023.<\/p>\n

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