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May 14 2025

Whitehead Commentary: Gender, Christian Nationalism, and the 2024 US Presidential Election

The desire for a society ordered according to a traditional social hierarchy is part of the Christian nationalist project the Trump administration is committed to achieving. We’re now over half a year beyond the 2024 US Presidential election. The new administration has moved qu “...”

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March 13 2025

Whitehead Commentary: Sometimes the Bravest Thing We Have Is Hope

This article was originally published on Andrew Whitehead’s Substack, American Idolatry. An abandoned church, perhaps in France. It has been a tough few weeks. At the national level we have been inundated hourly, day after day, with a deluge of executive orders and moves b “...”

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January 16 2025

Whitehead Commentary: Christian Nationalism and Demands for “Ethical” Political Leaders

This article was originally published on Andrew Whitehead’s Substack, American Idolatry. In 1998, at the height of the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal, James Dobson wrote an open letter to the American people. Dobson was the founder of Focus on the Family, one of “...”