History Literature / ChristianNation

* ATasteOfTheLash: How the [=POWs=] are treated when one of their own commits an offense worthy of flogging.

* BigBad: President Steve Jordan. Once he gets into office and enforces the Fifty Blessings, things really go downhill.

'''''Christian Nation: A Novel''''' by Frederic C. Rich is a 2013 AlternateHistory {{Dystopia}} set in a [[TheTheocracy theocratic]] United States. In this world, SarahPalin and John [=McCain=] won the 2008 election, with Palin becoming President shortly after [=McCain=] dies. The novel itself takes place in 2029. An AudienceSurrogate, a former lawyer named Greg, relates these events after being released from a POW camp for his part in the attempted secession of New York and subsequently obtaining a job at the New York Library where his job is destroying books. Homosexuality is outlawed, a Purity Web has replaced the Internet, Jews are given five years to convert to Christianity or be deported to Israel, and so on.

* TheMoralSubstitute: To ''Literature/LeftBehind'', only from an secularist POV and with the roles reversed. The main character even [[ShoutOut shouts out]] to the book series as being one of the things he thinks that Dominion Theology believers think about.

'''''Christian Nation: A Novel''''' by Frederic C. Rich is a 2013 AlternateHistory {{Dystopia}} set in a [[TheTheocracy theocratic]] United States. In this world, SarahPalin and John [=McCain=] won the 2008 election. The novel itself takes place in 2029. An AudienceSurrogate, a former lawyer named Greg, relates these events after being released from a POW camp for his part in the attempted secession of New York and subsequently obtaining a job at the New York Library where his job is destroying books. Homosexuality is outlawed, a Purity Web has replaced the Internet, Jews are given five years to convert to Christianity or be deported to Israel, and so on.

* DesignatedVillain: In-Universe example. Sanjay is deemed a criminal, with the theocratic regime going so far as to accuse him of being the antichrist, solely for the "crime" of seeking to protect people's individual rights from [[KnightTemplar religiously motivated]] [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill collectivist]] [[LawfulEvil tyranny]].

* PropagandaMachine: Main/FoxNewsChannel, which in this story becomes [[DoubleSpeak Fox Faith & Freedom News]], or F3.

* AuthorTract: This is one against Christian fundamentalists and their promotion of Dominion Theology.
* TheBadGuyWins: If you consider the evangelical Christians in power the bad guys, as portrayed by the author. Otherwise, they could come off as the WellIntentionedExtremist or the TautologicalTemplar.

* PropagandaMachine: FoxNews, which in this story becomes [[DoubleSpeak Fox Faith & Freedom News]], or F3.

* TheMoralSubstitute: To ''Literature/LeftBehind'', only from an secularist POV and with the roles reversed.

* TheMoralSubstitute: To ''Literature/LeftBehind'', only from an antitheist POV and with the roles reversed.

'''''Christian Nation: A Novel''''' by Frederic C. Rich is a 2013 AlternateHistory {{Dystopia}} set in a [[TheTheocracy theocratic]] United States. In this world, SarahPalin and John [=McCain=] won the 2008 election. The novel itself takes place in 2029. An AudienceSurrogate, a former lawyer, relates these events after being released from a POW camp for his part in the attempted secession of New York and subsequently obtaining a job at the New York Library where his job is destroying books. Homosexuality is outlawed, a Purity Web has replaced the Internet, Jews are given five years to convert to Christianity or be deported to Israel, and so on.

* JoinOrDie: The option given to the [=POWs=] that survived the CivilWar-become a believer in Christ within three years or die.

* JesusSaves[=/=]JoinOrDie: The option given to the [=POWs=] that survived the CivilWar-become a believer in Christ within three years or die.

* StrawDystopia: Hoo boy...

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Particularly the evangelical brand that espouses Dominion Theology.

* [[BeliefMakesYouStupid Christianity Makes You Evil]]: Particularly the evangelical brand that espouses Dominion Theology.

* SelfAbuse: One of the Fifty Blessings is no sex acts outside of marriage, including masturbation. The guards at the POW camp enforce this.

* [[BeliefMakesYouStupid Christianity Makes You Evil]]

* TheAntichrist: Sanjay is viewed as this according to the interpretations of certain evangelical Christians suggesting that the Antichrist must be gay. However, he doesn't live up to the trope and is ultimately killed after the CivilWar.

'''''Christian Nation: A Novel''''' by Frederic C. Rich is a 2013 AlternateHistory {{Dystopia}} set in a [[TheTheocracy theocratic]] United States. In this world, SarahPalin and John McCain won the 2008 election. The novel itself takes place in 2029. An AudienceSurrogate, a former lawyer, relates these events after being released from a POW camp for his part in the attempted secession of New York and subsequently obtaining a job at the New York Library where his job is destroying books. Homosexuality is outlawed, a Purity Web has replaced the Internet, Jews are given five years to convert to Christianity or be deported to Israel, and so on.

'''''Christian Nation''''' by Frederic C. Rich is a 2013 AlternateHistory {{Dystopia}} set in a world in which SarahPalin and John McCain won the 2008 election. In less than two decades, the US has become a [[TheTheocracy theocracy]]. The AudienceSurrogate, a former lawyer, relates these events after being released from a POW camp for his part in the attempted secession of New York and subsequently obtaining a job at the New York Library where his job is destroying books. The Internet has been replaced in the United States with the Purity Web, homosexuality is outlawed, Jews are given five years to convert to Christianity or be deported to Israel and so on.