ONE NATION UNDER GOD. What’s motivating religious conservatives now, says Campolo, is a vision of America as God’s own special country, and free-market capitalism as crucial to the nation’s flourishing.

Er, it’s also motivating non-religious conservatives. And religious independents. And non-religious independents. And religious moderates. And ....

I hate to burst your bubble, but “American exceptionalism” isn’t a codeword for religious-right extremism.