Christian Statism and Religious Traditionalism decline in covariance across survey waves

Evidence

Because the covariances between CS and RT decline in subsequent waves, we suggest that future studies should pay more attention to robustness test. According to our analyses, we are convinced that the two factors should be measured with different ideological scales in future research. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 210

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reading purpose — the two factors correlating less over time complicates treating Christian nationalism as a single stable schema; the civil-religion/prosperity stream may drift from theological traditionalism as the political climate shifts. — connects to: Christian statism and religious traditionalism predict ethno-nationalism and patriotism differently — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 150; Christian statism dominates religious traditionalism as an empirical factor across samples. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 111; Christian Statism pursues exclusive state power over cultural dominance — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 44

Broader Connections

• Christian Statism pursues exclusive state power over cultural dominance #expands (0.78) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 44
• Christian statism dominates religious traditionalism as an empirical factor across samples. #qualifies (0.75) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 111