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# Robert P. Jones


## Robert P. Jones


Jones is the president and founder of [PRRI](https://www.prri.org/) and the New York Times bestselling author of the [The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future](https://amzn.to/3ZFpBBS) as well as [White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity](https://amzn.to/3ZXxQtj), which won a 2021 American Book Award. He writes a weekly newsletter at <https://www.whitetoolong.net/> .


## Robert P. Jones


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb279bed6f15538ed/698a9c0f9d83e8caacba12d0/christian-nationalism-trump-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 11, 2024  
### [What White Christians Have Wrought](https://time.com/7174260/white-christianity-trump-election-essay/)  
‘We must talk about how thoroughly Christian nationalism has infected mainstream white Christianity,...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Faith &amp; Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference Held In Washington, D.C.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c67d6402494a7d1/698a5ab4db298705e226c0f5/trump-christianity-june-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 10, 2024  
### [Trump’s Christian Nationalist Vision for America](https://time.com/7019236/trumps-christian-nationalist-america-essay/)  
Trump’s bond with his supporters is forged from his militant mission to return power to white Christ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The Landing Of Columbus](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3967d96a6ebd3cab/698a3fd886f68e49e26f2b93/Christopher-Columbus-Christianity-Painting-1877.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 31, 2023  
### [The Roots of Christian Nationalism Go Back Further Than You Think](https://time.com/6309657/us-christian-nationalism-columbus-essay/)  
"To fully understand the deep roots of today’s white Christian nationalism, we need to go back at le...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![US-MEDIA-POLITICS-FOX-COURT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8df37564e210806/698a3c6386f68e6df16f2629/GettyImages-1251985756.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 28, 2023  
### [What America Could Look Like Without Fox News](https://time.com/6275452/america-without-fox-news/)  
Tucker Carlson is gone, but what if the network vanished too? A data-based thought experiment.  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Ten People Killed In Mass Shooting At Buffalo Food Market](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc480597681e50f94/698a321e4ee26260d531a37f/GettyImages-1398002674.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 23, 2022  
### [It’s Time to Stop Giving Christianity a Pass on White Supremacy and Violence](https://time.com/6179886/christianity-white-supremacy-buffalo/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![Cross on Top of a Church](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebde6fb0beea6b71/698a1d4be76ad244ab63943c/white-christianity-world-view.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 29, 2021  
### [The Unmaking of the White Christian Worldview](https://time.com/6102117/white-christian-americans-sins/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally At Regent University In Virginia Beach](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50eb18caf72b74f/6988af2b5f570fff35b23591/trump19.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 19, 2016  
### [Donald Trump and the Transformation of White Evangelicals](https://time.com/4577752/donald-trump-transformation-white-evangelicals/)  
The Trump era has effectively turned white-evangelical political ethics on its head  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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