Christian nationalist belief predicts Civil War revisionism and monument defense
Evidence
Even after holding other relevant characteristics constant, as white Americans more strongly affirm the centrality of Christianity to American civic life, the more likely they are to question the centrality of slavery to the Civil War and to oppose removing monuments to America’s white supremacist past. — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 117
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Survey data connect Christian nationalism to support for political violence — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 219