Christian nation

Why Is Christian America Supporting Donald Trump?

by John Fea

Their belief is based on a false reading of American history.

Discredited David Barton hailed as America's foremost Christian historian

by Warren Throckmorton

He's been caught making up history, but evangelicals are sticking by him, including Wallbuilders. 

A Christian Nation? Since When?

by Kevin M. Kruse

America may be a nation of believers, but when it comes to this country’s identity as a “Christian nation,” our beliefs are all over the map.

Republican majority would support Christianity as ‘national religion’

Fifty-seven percent of Republicans polled in national survey back establishing Christianity as the “national religion” of the United States.

We are not a Christian nation: Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy and the eternal lie of the “city upon a hill”

by Peter Manseau

John Winthrop's "city upon a hill" dominates presidential rhetoric and our self-understanding. Here's the problem

Is Great Britain a Christian Nation?

by Brantley Gasaway

How Do We Recognize a "Christian Nation"?

Is America a Christian Nation?

by HNN Staff

It’s a common refrain among evangelicals: America is a Christian nation, founded for Christians, by Christians, and on Christian principles. Is this true?

A Christian Nation?

by Carol V. Hamilton

Like Franklin, Jefferson rejected Calvinism.

Is America a Christian Nation? What Both Left and Right Get Wrong

by John Fea

How do they demonstrate that America was founded as a Christian nation? By selectively choosing texts from the writings of the Founders.

An Interview with Jon Butler ... Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?

by Rick Shenkman

"Religion played very little role in the American Revolution and it played very little role in the making of the Constitution. That's largely because the Founding Fathers were on the whole deists who had a very abstract conception of God."