One of America's leading scholars of religion has warned that the country has reached its own 1933, as the religious imagery coming from the head of the Pentagon draws fresh criticism from academics who study Christian nationalism.
Robert P. Jones, founder and president of the Public Religion Research Institute, makes the comparison in his new book, Backslide: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation After the Christian Turn Against Democracy, and in an interview with The Guardian published on Saturday 3 October 2026.
