Adam DJ Brett

Ph.D. in Religion from Syracuse University. Webmaster for the Doctrine of Discovery educational resource.

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“The Roots of Christian Nationalism Go Back Further Than You Think,” an Outcome archive entry by Robert P. Jones. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and connects readers to scholarship, public history, and organizing around the Doctrine of Discovery, Christian domination, Indigenous sovereignty, law, religion, land, memory, and accountability.

In brief, it addresses The term “white Christian nationalism” has emerged in recent years to describe a worldview that has become central to the contemporary Republican Party. This ideology has deep roots. For readers arriving from the main Doctrine of Discovery site, this post functions as a pointer rather than a replacement for the full Outcome record. The canonical page preserves the complete context, metadata, author information, citation links, media, and neighboring materials in the archive.

The source text highlights terms and contexts including Download Citation RIS Format CSL JSON Format archive context Indigenous sovereignty legal history religious analysis land memory accountability public scholarship canonical record archive context Indigenous sovereignty legal history religious analysis land memory accountability public scholarship canonical record archive context Indigenous sovereignty legal history religious analysis land memory accountability public scholarship canonical record archive context Indigenous sovereignty legal history religious analysis land memory accountability public scholarship canonical record archive context Indigenous sovereignty legal history religious analysis land memory accountability public scholarship canonical record archive context Indigenous sovereignty legal history religious analysis land memory accountability public scholarship canonical record archive context Indigenous sovereignty legal history. Read the canonical Outcome page for the complete entry.

Canonical link: https://outcome.doctrineofdiscovery.org/crosscurrents/essay2/roots/

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Adam DJ Brett, "The Roots of Christian Nationalism Go Back Further Than You Think," Doctrine of Discovery Project (23 June 2025), https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/blog/link/outcome/crosscurrents/essay2/roots/.

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