Psychology of Christian Nationalism

The Psychology of Christian Nationalism: Why People are Drawn in and How to Talk Across the Divide

Pamela Cooper-White
Fortress Press, 2022
ISBN 9781506482118

Softcover, 190 pp.
8.2 X 5.3 X 0.6 inches | 0.5 pounds

How do we overcome polarization in American society? How do we advocate for justice when one side won't listen to the other and cycles of outrage escalate?

These questions have been pressing for years, but the emergence of a vocal, virulent Christian nationalism have made it even more urgent that we find a way forward.

In three brief, incisive chapters Pamela Cooper-White uncovers the troubling extent of Christian nationalism, explores its deep psychological roots, and discusses ways in which advocates for justice can safely and effectively attempt to talk across the deep divides in our society.

Pamela Cooper-White, MDiv, PhD, LCPC, is Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor Emerita of Psychology and Religion and dean emerita at Union Theological Seminary in New York; an Episcopal priest and licensed psychotherapist; and the 2013-2014 Fulbright-Freud Scholar of Psychoanalysis in Vienna, Austria. An award-winning author, she has published ten books, including Many Voices: Pastoral Psychotherapy in Relational and Theological Perspective and The Psychology of Christian Nationalism. She is active on several editorial, academic, and psychoanalytic boards, and is a frequent speaker nationally and internationally.