Is Trump a Christian Nationalist?

I have just finished reading a book, Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States, which sheds some light on how and why Donald Trump continues to dominate GOP politics even as he appears on his way to jail. The book, written by two sociologists who also happen to be committed to a broad, liberal-based Christian theology, contains a number of very interesting surveys which show the strength of Christian Nationalism and explains its resurgence under Donald Trump.

In a nutshell, Christian Nationalism is an ideology more than a theology, fusing a somewhat disjointed historical narrative into certain religious precepts that can be used to organize and define a political movement as well as to challenge social and cultural beliefs held by opponents of this political faith.

The basic idea behind Christian Nationalism is that what makes America different from all other countries is its fundamental commitment to religion (‘in God we trust’) and its founding accomplished by the vision and work of white, Christian men. Such a society has room for everyone — women, non-whites and persons born somewhere else — but they occupy subservient roles in a Christian Nationalist state, a dutiful, obedient status justified with reference to various Biblical tracts (e.g., 1 Corinthians 11:3 — ‘the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is…