The Psychology of Christian Nationalism by Pamela Cooper-White

Author:Pamela Cooper-White [Cooper-White, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL070000 Religion / Christianity / General, POL031000 Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism, PSY031000 Psychology / Social Psychology
Publisher: Fortress Press

The chants are rituals that generate “high states”—or what can even be called experiences of transcendence—in disciples. The back-and-forth brings them closer to the guru [sic] and enables them to share his claim to omnipotence and his sacred aura. Trump does not directly express an apocalyptic narrative, but his presence has an apocalyptic aura. He tells us that, as not only a genius but a “very stable genius,” he alone can “fix” the terrible problems of our society. To be sure these are bizarre expressions of his extreme grandiosity, but also of a man who would be a savior to a disintegrating world. . . . The wall is a messianic promise, and there is deep confusion in both Trump and his followers between the physical entity (a barrier between Mexico and the United States that will never be built) and the metaphysical vision of safety and racial purity.209

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