trying to read about (white) Christian nationalism is so exhausting because it feels like a lot of books on it came out post-Trump and are all "!!! Trump?? religion race morality? cult weirdos out of nowhere wrong about history" and, yeah, elements of that are true
but this has been going on much longer, and it really feels more interesting to me to look into why and where their beliefs come from than just "whoa I just noticed these people, did you know they're wrong?"
