{"id":13250,"date":"2019-08-07T13:10:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=13250"},"modified":"2019-08-07T13:10:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:10:38","slug":"faith-leaders-warn-rise-christian-nationalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2019\/08\/faith-leaders-warn-rise-christian-nationalism","title":{"rendered":"Faith Leaders Warn Against the Rise of &#8220;Christian Nationalism&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/files\/2019\/05\/christian-bible-on-flag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2019\/05\/christian-bible-on-flag-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"christian-bible-on-flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>A group of Christian leaders has condemned Christian nationalism in a new letter, calling it a \u201cpersistent threat to both our religious communities and our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Published on July 29th, the letter, organized by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org\/statement\">\u201cChristians Against Christian Nationalism&#8221;<\/a>, calls Americans to take a step back from mixing faith with the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Christians, we are bound to Christ, not by citizenship, but by faith,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cChristian nationalism seeks to merge Christian and American identities, distorting both the Christian faith and America\u2019s constitutional democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s executive director, Amanda Tyler, says that Christian Nationalism is not new but is more important now than ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past several years, we seem to be stuck on high in Christian nationalism,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen it in violent, even deadly ways. Christian nationalist views can inspire violence \u2014 even against houses of worship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the past week, the statement has already received an additional nearly 6,000 signatures that come from all different states and a wide range of denominations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether we worship at a church, mosque, synagogue, or temple, America has no second-class faiths. All are equal under the U.S. Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a deeper understanding of Christian Nationalism, you can watch the keynote speaker below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vf2NNa_fQV8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Christian leaders has condemned Christian nationalism in a new letter, calling it a \u201cpersistent threat to both our religious communities and our democracy.\u201d Published on July 29th, the letter, organized by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and titled \u201cChristians Against Christian Nationalism&#8221;, calls Americans to take a step back 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