host: mark david hall?t: thank you. jefferson had nothing to do with the treaty of tripoli. andrew seidel's book is full of inaccuracies and falsehoods. you began your statement with a claim that all sorts of americans are afraid of christian nationalism. this is somewhat of an empirical question. recent pew studies in 2022, 2024, the studies find 54% of americans have never heard of the phrase christian nationalism and those who have, 25% have a negative view of it and only 5% have a positive view of it. there seem to be precious few christian nationalists, so many few self identified christian nationalists out there. host: this is bill in pennsylvania, republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. that fellow said that our country wasn't founded -- to these folks ever go to the state capital buildings and see the 10 commitments and bible verses that were put on them hundreds of years ago? as far as reading a book, i think the problems started when our country stopped reading the book. christianity isn

host: mark david hall?t: thank you. jefferson had nothing to do with the treaty of tripoli. andrew seidel's book is full of inaccuracies and falsehoods. you began your statement with a claim that all sorts of americans are afraid of christian nationalism. this is somewhat of an empirical question. recent pew studies in 2022, 2024, the studies find 54% of americans have never heard of the phrase christian nationalism and those who have, 25% have a negative view of it and only 5% have a positive view of it. there seem to be precious few christian nationalists, so many few self identified christian nationalists out there. host: this is bill in pennsylvania, republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. that fellow said that our country wasn't founded -- to these folks ever go to the state capital buildings and see the 10 commitments and bible verses that were put on them hundreds of years ago? as far as reading a book, i think the problems started when our country stopped reading the book. christianity isn

then regent university's mark david hall discusses his book, which argues american christian nationalismoes not prove a threat to the united states or christian churches. and rob boston with the group americans united for separation of church and state talks about his organization's mission and the rise of christian nationalism in the u.s. "washington journal starts now -- "washington journal" starts now. ♪ host: good morning. it is sunday, april 7, 2024. we will begin on campaign 20