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Christian Nationalism
2000– · United States · Religious Nationalist · Movement · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
The nation as divinely constituted and properly governed by Christian moral authority; pluralism as decline.
Economic model
Broadly market-oriented with family-directed transfers; no distinctive economic doctrine.
Organisation of powers
Varies from majoritarian democracy to explicit rejection of religious neutrality in law.
Reading note
Distinct from ordinary religious conservatism by the claim that the state itself should be confessional.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored +05
Coded +5: market-oriented with family-directed transfers.
- ScholarshipNo distinctive economic doctrine; policy emphasis is on family tax provision.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +10
At the ceiling: the nation treated as divinely constituted.
- Programme textThe claim is that the founding was providential and that law should reflect it.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +07
Coded +7: majoritarian, with a strand rejecting religious neutrality in law outright.
- Programme textContemporary integralist writing argues the state should recognise a confession.
SC · Scale of decision · scored −01
Coded −1: federal and state-level in method.
- Documented act or statuteState legislatures have been the principal instrument.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +07
Coded +7 after the v2.2 review: confessional and acquirable rather than ancestral.
- ScholarshipThe criterion is adherence to a faith, which is in principle open, unlike descent.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +01
Coded +1: legislative and judicial, with a fringe accepting confrontation.
- Documented act or statuteThe movement's principal victories have come through courts and state legislatures.
Where it came from, and what came after
- succeededNational Socialism
No organisational link; both are coded here and the distance between them is 14 points.
Scores that have been revised
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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