Christian Nationalism is a loosely-aligned ideological movement seeking to establish Christianity as a state-authorized religion in many countries across the globe. In the United States the movement has been advanced primarily by Christian evangelicals and biblical fundamentalists who seek to eviscerate the First Amendment prohibition against any state-authorized religious tradition. Central to the movement is the claim that the United States was founded by and for Christians — a presumptive “fact” that justifies a dominant role for Christian doctrine in every domain of influence in American culture, including government, education, industry, the media, the arts and entertainment, as well as the religious sphere itself. The ultimate goal is to establish a Christian theocracy in America. This aggressive campaign to take full control of American culture has been covered widely in the press and deserves our serious attention.  Nothing less than national identity is at stake. What They Get Right Much in the media coverage of Christian Nationalism has been unfairly harsh, dismissing the movement as little more than a dangerous carnival of crazies. To be …