Christian nationalism is the strongest predictor of fear of Muslims and atheists
Evidence
The perception of threat scale is made from three different questions asking the extent to which respondents agreed that [Muslims, Jews, Atheists, Conservative Christians] hold inferior values to theirs; want to restrict their freedoms; or want to endanger their physical safety. Models control for age, gender, race, region, education, income, size of place, political ideology, political party, religious tradition, biblical literalism, and religious practice. Net of all other effects, Christian nationalism is positively and significantly associated with the fear of Muslims and fear of Atheists scales (see Appendix Table B.13). Americans who strongly embrace Christian nationalism are much more likely to fear both. In fact, it is the strongest effect in each of the models. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 742
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Personal religious practice and Christian nationalism predict opposite political attitudes — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 458; Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam; Christian nationalism predicts outgroup attitudes better than conservatism does — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 72 (+9 more)
Broader Connections
- Christian nationalism predicts outgroup attitudes better than conservatism does
#corroborates(0.85) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 72 - Islamophobia stems from nationalism’s ambiguities rather than fear of Islam
#complicates(0.82) - Islamophobia springs from citizenship ambiguities rather than fear of Islam itself
#complicates(0.82) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 716 - Anti-Muslim othering correlates with stronger Christian self-identification
#corroborates(0.80) - Religiosity does not moderate fear of atheists the way it moderates racial views
#complicates(0.75) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 370 - Christian nationalism, not denomination, now predicts Americans’ politics
#expands(0.75) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 454