But the Times and its religion reporters think that the term "Christian nationalism" isn't accurate: it's biased. Using it is "taking sides" and not being "objective."
Using it is offensive to Trump and the white Christians who support him. Dias suggests that this is a scholarly term rather than a description of anything real — as if journalists can make up the reality on which they report while ignoring scholarly consensus.
Dias' and Graham's position (and the position of New York Times) is generating a lot of dismay and even anger among well-respected religion scholars who have done everything but stand on their heads to demonstrate the close connections between Trump's agenda and Christian nationalism.
As Jemar Tisby notes, you can't talk about Trump's stepped-up calls for violence without talking about Christian nationalism.
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