Black conservative Protestants align with white evangelicals on Christian nationalism measures

Evidence

Surprisingly, Black conservative Protestants score closer to white evangelicals than to Black liberal Protestants. Does this finding contradict our argument that Christian nationalism is connected to white racial identity and even white supremacy? Not when we understand what religious language means in its political and historical context. — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 87

Categorization

  • QUESTION: Worth chasing: does this complicate the book’s core thesis about Christian nationalism as white identity, and how does the racial majority/minority finding break down?
  • XREF: connects to: African Americans support Christian nationalism at the highest rate of any racial group — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 166

Broader Connections