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If It Were Me, I'd Try Not Helping the Christian Nationalists

March 8th, 2024 | 24 min read

By Jake Meador

A recent Politico piece profiled the so-called "Christian Nationalist" movement, in particular focusing on William Wolfe, a former Southern Baptist Theological Seminary student and Trump administration staffer.

What marks Christian Nationalism according to the reporters, and what are Wolfe's chief concerns? According to the piece, the key issues are overturning Obergefell, restricting abortion access, and, horror of horrors apparently, requiring fathers to support their children.

As if needing to double down, one of the authors went on MSNBC to say, in not so many words, that Thomas Jefferson is apparently a Christian Nationalist:

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he studied English and History. He lives in Lincoln, NE with his wife Joie, their daughter Davy Joy, and sons Wendell, Austin, and Ambrose. Jake's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, Christianity Today, Fare Forward, the University Bookman, Books & Culture, First Things, National Review, Front Porch Republic, and The Run of Play and he has written or contributed to several books, including "In Search of the Common Good," "What Are Christians For?" (both with InterVarsity Press), "A Protestant Christendom?" (with Davenant Press), and "Telling the Stories Right" (with the Front Porch Republic Press).