Christianity & Christian Nationalism

Denouncing Christian Nationalism is de rigueur. But what is it? Originally it was understood as conflation of Christian faith with national identity. But then it was expanded to include generic conservative religious political activism. Then it was expanded further to encompass any citation of Christianity in American history or the ongoing role of civil religion Christian Nationalists were originally hyper patriotic Evangelicals. But the ever widening definition now, whether the critics realize or not, includes liberal Mainline Protestants, black churches and Catholics, all of whom address public issues with faith language. Nearly all of Christianity and most religions assume God has purposes for nations. Some critics of an elusively defined Christian Nationalism seem to expect America to become France, with all religious language deemed inappropriate in public conversation.