Taking America Back for God, Samuel L. Perry
Taking America Back for God, Samuel L. Perry
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Taking America Back for God
Christian Nationalism in the United States

Author: Samuel L. Perry, Andrew L. Whitehead

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 6 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/09/2020

Synopsis

Taking America Back for God points to the phenomenon of "Christian nationalism," the belief that the United States is—and should be—a Christian nation. At its heart, Christian nationalism demands that we must preserve a particular kind of social order, an order in which everyone—Christians and non-Christians, native-born and immigrants, whites and minorities, men and women—recognizes their "proper" place in society. The first comprehensive empirical analysis of Christian nationalism in the United States, Taking America Back for God illustrates the influence of Christian nationalism on today's most contentious social and political issues.

Drawing on multiple sources of national survey data as well as in-depth interviews, Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry document how Christian nationalism shapes what Americans think about who they are as a people, what their future should look like, and how they should get there. Americans' stance toward Christian nationalism provides powerful insight into what they think about immigration, Islam, gun control, police shootings, atheists, gender roles, and many other political issues—very much including who they want in the White House. Taking America Back for God is a guide to one of the most important—and least understood—forces shaping American politics.

About Samuel L. Perry

Samuel L. Perry is assistant professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Oklahoma. His research explores the changing dynamics of religious and family life in the United States. He has published over fifty peer-reviewed journal articles and he is also the author of Growing God's Family: The Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on September 30, 2020

This book is an absolute must-read to understand the current religious and political climate in America right now. The authors have done extensive research to better understand what Christian Nationalism is and who Christian Nationalists are. They define Christian nationalism as “Christian nationali......more

Goodreads review by Adam on July 13, 2020

Summary: Christian nationalism is a better predictor for voting for Trump than identifying as an Evangelical. Yesterday I pulled up Miroslav Volf's For the Life of the World podcast because it was interviewing Jemar Tisby. I am very familiar with Jemar (and his book Color of Compromise: The Truth ab......more

Goodreads review by Peacegal on October 19, 2020

Another book on the phenomenon of Christian nationalism. This one reads a lot like an extra-long abstract of a research paper, and wasn't as absorbing to me at least as titles such as THE POWER WORSHIPPERS. However, TAKING AMERICA does contain a lot of interviews with people across the religious spe......more

Goodreads review by Craig on February 08, 2021

On too rare of occasions to suit me, a book crosses my path bearing an answer to one of my life’s “big questions”. This was one such book for me. May it be so for you.........more

Goodreads review by Shaina on August 19, 2024

This is an excellent resource to understand what the differences are between being a Christian and being a Christian nationalist in America. It is completely based on data and analyzed by people in the field of sociology. It’s explained and demonstrated throughout the entire book with easy to unders......more

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