What’s Missing From Discussions of Christian Nationalism?

If you want to know where the Republican Party is headed, you need to set aside your assumptions and simply listen to what its leaders and activists say -- especially when they're talking amongst themselves. As a reporter and author on the religious right beat over the past dozen years, I've made a point of attending such meetings, especially those that focus on the religious right leadership and strategists who command the movement's voter turnout machine. Lately, I've been hearing things that might surprise -- and alarm -- those who see the movement only from a distance.