American Idolatry
Andrew WhiteheadExploring the intersection of faith and culture using social science, working toward the common good.
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Economic Inequality: How Christian Nationalism Weakens Democracy
According to every major statistical measure, both income and wealth inequality have been growing in the United States for decades. Reports from the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve show the richest 1% of households avera...
What’s Driving Americans' Discontent around Democracy?
In the last year alone, expert surveys, such as those done by Varieties of Democracy Institute and Freedom House, show the health of democracy in the United States is on a continued downward trajectory. Americans are also sensing this weake...
Religion and the State of Democracy in the U.S.
In 2025 the Kettering Foundation and Gallup initiated the “Democracy for All Project,” an annual study of how Americans experience democracy. Surveying over 20,000 U.S. adults, the Democracy for All project helps assess the perspectives of...
Denial and discrimination: How Christian Nationalism’s ideology harms families and undermines public education
I taught algebra and geometry at a small, private Christian school in central Indiana for one year after college before attending graduate school. One day, in a run-of-the-mill conversation with a popular teacher, I learned he had a son and...
Would Jesus Condone "Death and Destruction from the Sky All Day Long"?
In remarks to a “Americas Counter Cartel Conference,” US Secretary Pete Hegseth said,
Our nations are and always will be united by our heritage, our history and geography in this new world.
We share the same interests, and, because...
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Andrew Whitehead is a Professor of Sociology and one of the foremost scholars of Christian nationalism in the United States. Author of the award-winning books AMERICAN IDOLATRY and TAKING AMERICA BACK FOR GOD.
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