{"id":16433,"date":"2025-10-13T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/wilkinson\/2025\/10\/13\/from-our-eyes-exploring-christian-nationalism\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:21:40","slug":"from-our-eyes-exploring-christian-nationalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/2025\/10\/13\/from-our-eyes-exploring-christian-nationalism\/","title":{"rendered":"From Our Eyes: Exploring Christian Nationalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>This edition of <\/i>From Our Eyes<i> features Sahara Z\u00fa\u00f1iga Fern\u00e1ndez (&#8217;26<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/sociology\/index.aspx\"> <i>Sociology<\/i><\/a> <i>and Film &amp; TV Production). Z\u00fa\u00f1iga is currently completing two degrees at Chapman University and serves as a research assistant to several Chapman faculty members. Recently, they attended the Wilkinson College event \u201cChristian Nationalism, White Supremacy, and the Future of Democracy\u201d sponsored by The Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society, as well as the Sociology Department, which Z\u00fa\u00f1iga said, \u201ccreated a space for a sociological analysis of religious and political movements\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16435 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/IMG_6049-1-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/IMG_6049-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/IMG_6049-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/IMG_6049-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/IMG_6049-1-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/IMG_6049-1-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Throughout my time at Chapman, I have attended many events sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/index.aspx\">Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences<\/a>. There are always new things being discussed, researched, and explained, and I&#8217;m always interested in learning something new. On this occasion, I attended a panel discussion on\u00a0 \u201cChristian Nationalism, White Supremacy, and the Future of Democracy\u201d for my Foundations of Criminal Justice course, taught by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/pete-simi.aspx\">Dr. Pete Simi<\/a> (Sociology), who moderated the event.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured panelists Dr. Andrew Whitehead (Indiana University), Dr. Heidi Beirich (Researcher on American &amp; European Extremist Movements), and Dr. Joseph Baker (Tennessee State University). All three are involved in research regarding Christian Nationalism in the United States, including how the general public perceives it, its core ideas, and its goals as a political project.<\/p>\n<p>I have always been interested in the intersection of religion and politics. I had a Catholic upbringing, and the community I lived in was almost all Catholic. I never had the opportunity to observe any other religious upbringing during my childhood. It is only more recently that I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to meet and speak to people from different religious backgrounds and have begun to understand how my Catholic upbringing left me with certain morals and ideals that are not necessarily my own, but inherited. In these moments, I found myself confronting how might my beliefs change if my curiosity in the world around me provides the opportunities to learn and grow beyond my upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>During the panel, the idea of people using Christian Nationalism as an identity came up several times. I believe it is challenging for some people to discover who they are without tying themselves to an existing narrative, even if it may be harmful to them or others. It is easier to think of your way of being as the right way and everyone else\u2019s way as wrong. It is simpler to categorize things in binaries and employ black-and-white thinking to protect ourselves, but in the long term, we lose a great deal when we are not open to new ideas. When we live without critically examining ourselves, we can never really understand who we are.<\/p>\n<p>As I grow and learn, I am glad to know that I can attend these types of events and meet with curious people who not only want to better understand the world but also how they fit into the puzzle. Understanding the world can be challenging, but it becomes easier when we rely on one another and gain new insights from others&#8217; experiences and opinions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(Pictured in header: (Left to right) Panelists Dr. Heidi Beirich (Researcher on American &amp; European Extremist Movements), Dr. Joseph Baker (Tennessee State University), and Dr. Andrew Whitehead (Indiana University). Photo by <\/em><em>Ann Hoang (\u201927 Dodge College)<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This edition of From Our Eyes features Sahara Z\u00fa\u00f1iga Fern\u00e1ndez (&#8217;26 Sociology and Film &amp; TV Production). 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