# Christian Nationalism Lexicon The vocabulary in which [[Christian Nationalism]] is spoken — its dogwhistles, its loaded language, the redefined common words it relies on, and the sacramental and historical concepts it deploys for political work. This is the **alphabetical dictionary view** for the CN vocabulary, mirroring the pattern at [[Cults]]: every entry lives in its canonical home (`/Terminology/Christian Nationalism/`, `/Terminology/` root for cross-cutting, or `/Concepts/` for things-in-the-world), and this page is the single CN-oriented map across all of them. For the **categorized framework view** — strains of CN, key thinkers, policy footprint, sibling ideologies — see the parent entry [[Christian Nationalism]]. ## Why two views? The framework view in [[Christian Nationalism]] groups material by *what it does in the ideology* (theological foundations vs. policy program vs. coalition structure) — useful when you're reasoning about CN as a political phenomenon. The lexicon view sorts alphabetically — useful when you encounter a term in the wild and need a definition fast. ## A — Z ### Acolytes [[Acolytes]] — Liturgical term repurposed in political journalism to cast political followers as devoted religious-style servants of a leader-figure. Carries deliberate cult-coloration without making the accusation explicit. Frequently applied to NAR-aligned figures around Trump where the leader-and-faithful structure is literally present. ### Affirmative Action [[Affirmative Action]] *(Concept)* — Policy regime addressing historical discrimination in admissions, hiring, and contracting. Not a CN-coined term, but its dismantling has become a high priority for CN-aligned legal and political coalitions; rolling back AA is part of rolling back the broader civil-rights-era statutory architecture. Operationalized through [[Students for Fair Admissions]], [[America First Legal]], and post-*SFFA* DEI litigation. ### American Exceptionalism [[American Exceptionalism]] — Cross-cutting term (lives at `/Terminology/` root) asserting the U.S. is qualitatively different from other nations. Carries Calvinist-providentialist religious resonance even in nominally secular usage. The bridge that lets CN speak to a wider audience: "America has a special role in God's plan" reads as a CN claim, "America is exceptional" reads as a centrist-Republican commonplace, and the rhetorical move is to invoke the second knowing the audience hears the first. ### Apostates [[Apostates]] — Boundary-policing label that re-codes political defection or insufficient enthusiasm as religious betrayal. Converts a *position* into a *status*. Heavily used in the Moscow, Idaho cluster around [[Douglas Wilson]] and applied broadly by [[Andrew Torba]]. The matched out-group term to [[Acolytes]] / [[Theobros]] in-group terms. ### Apostles [[Apostles]] *(Concept)* — In NT Christianity, the inner circle of disciples designated and sent out by Jesus. Politically consequential through the [[New Apostolic Reformation]] claim that there are *contemporary apostles* with governing spiritual authority — the structural underpinning for the apostolic-network organizing model that produced the [[Cyrus Prophecy]] framing of Trump. ### Baptism [[Baptism]] *(Concept)* — Christian sacrament of initiation. Doctrinal disagreements about who/how/what-it-accomplishes have political consequences for any future Christian-polity arrangement: paedobaptist Reformed CN (Wilson, Wolfe) has a more communal-covenantal vision; credobaptist CN has a more conversionist-voluntarist one; Catholic-integralist CN has yet a third structure. ### Biblical Values [[Biblical Values]] — A claim of divine authorization wearing the costume of a moral category. Refers in practice to a small movement-curated subset of biblical commitments (sexual restriction, gender hierarchy, restrictions on bodily autonomy) — not to a survey of Scripture. The selection is the politics; the label hides the selection. ### Biblical Worldview [[Biblical Worldview]] — A claim that the Bible supplies a complete cosmology, epistemology, and politics, and that all rival positions are themselves "worldviews" rather than reasoned positions. Origin in James Orr (1893) and Abraham Kuyper (1898); American mass-popularization through [[Francis Schaeffer]] (1976). The philosophical machinery beneath CN's rejection of liberal pluralism — if pluralism is itself a worldview, then it has no priority over the Christian one. ### Ten Commandments [[Ten Commandments]] *(Concept)* — Canonical biblical code of worship, ethics, and human relations. Recurring CN legislative-litigation vector (Louisiana HB 71 mandating classroom display, follow-on Texas and Oklahoma legislation) because they bundle maximum theological content (explicit YHWH-worship command) inside maximum cultural familiarity. The post-[[Kennedy v. Bremerton]] doctrinal opening makes them current Court-engineering bait. ### Spiritual Warfare [[Spiritual Warfare]] — The vocabulary that transforms political conflict into cosmic battle. Drawn from Ephesians 6:10–20, systematized for political deployment by [[C. Peter Wagner]] and the NAR. Recodes political opponents as demonic agents, political action as divine military command, and eliminates the possibility of legitimate political disagreement. The January 6 prayer-warfare campaigns ([[Dutch Sheets]]'s "Give Him 15," [[Cindy Jacobs]]'s prophetic decrees) demonstrate the vocabulary's operational consequences. ### The Remnant [[The Remnant]] — Self-identification vocabulary for the faithful minority who see the truth while the majority has fallen away. Biblical motif (Isaiah, Elijah, Noah) deployed across Reformed (Wilson/Isker), charismatic (Wallnau), and integralist streams. Solves the democracy problem: being outnumbered is evidence of faithfulness, not error. Authorizes minority-rule politics. Structural parallel to the [[Redpilled]] vocabulary: both describe a minority that has awakened to a truth the majority cannot see. ## By type ### Terminology entries (rhetorical work is the object) - [[Acolytes]] *(theology / rhetoric, register: colloquial)* - [[American Exceptionalism]] *(politics / theology / history / foreign policy, cross-cutting; lives at `/Terminology/` root)* - [[Apostates]] *(theology / rhetoric / social control, register: dogwhistle)* - [[Biblical Values]] *(theology / politics / rhetoric, register: dogwhistle)* - [[Biblical Worldview]] *(theology / politics / rhetoric / epistemology, register: dogwhistle)* - [[Spiritual Warfare]] *(theology / NAR / charismatic / political rhetoric, register: formal)* - [[The Remnant]] *(theology / identity formation / political rhetoric, register: dogwhistle)* ### Concept entries (the underlying phenomenon) - [[Affirmative Action]] - [[Apostles]] - [[Baptism]] - [[Ten Commandments]] ## Maintenance When adding a new CN-vocabulary entry: 1. Decide *Terminology* (rhetorical work is the object) vs. *Concept* (the underlying phenomenon) — see the test in [[Folder Spec - Terminology - Christian Nationalism]] 2. File in correct location — `/Terminology/Christian Nationalism/{Name}.md`, `/Terminology/{Name}.md` for cross-cutting, `/Concepts/{Name}.md` for phenomena 3. Add to the alphabetical A–Z above with a 1–2 sentence hook 4. Add to `/Terminology/_Index.md` as well (if Terminology) — that's the vault-wide index 5. Add to `/Ideologies/Christian Nationalism.md`'s See Also if foundational 6. Cross-link from sibling ideologies ([[Christian Reconstructionism]], [[Christian Fundamentalism]], etc.) when relevant ## See Also - [[Christian Nationalism]] — Parent ideology entry; categorized framework view - [[Christian Nationalism Ecosystem]] — Umbrella network map (funders, state-power vehicles, educational pipeline, cross-strain coalition architecture) - [[New Apostolic Reformation Ecosystem]] — Charismatic mass-mobilization wing in depth - [[Folder Spec - Terminology - Christian Nationalism]] — Subfolder spec - [[Folder Spec - Terminology]] - [[Terminology Hub]] - [[Cults]] — The pattern this lexicon mirrors - Related-ideology lexicons (planned): Reformed-Reconstructionist Lexicon, Charismatic-NAR Lexicon, Catholic-Integralist Lexicon, Dispensationalist Lexicon