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How much influence is Christian nationalism gaining?

caption: The Holy Bible is draped with an American flag. (Eric Raptosh/Getty Images)
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The Holy Bible is draped with an American flag. (Eric Raptosh/Getty Images)

In recent weeks, Louisiana passed a law requiring the 10 Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms. Oklahoma requires bible studies to be taught in public schools. We are also seeing political rhetoric increasingly infused with violence.

Kevin Roberts — president of the Heritage Foundation, which created Project 2025 — recently said the country is “in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Tim Alberta about Christian nationalism. Alberta is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of “The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: American Evangelicalism in an Age of Extremism.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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