Christian statism dominates religious traditionalism as an empirical factor across samples.

Evidence

Overall, our findings support H1a. Table 2 displays the preliminary estimated factor structures among the CN items across five samples using EFA methods. The eigenvalue indicates each latent factor’s size of explained variance among indicators. CS is a much more salient factor than RT across samples. For the BRS samples, CS’s eigenvalue is bigger than one and RT’s eigenvalue is at least bigger than 0.6. For the ATP sample, both factors’ eigenvalues are bigger than one. To be cautious, we think one should not treat RT as an unimportant factor simply because its eigenvalue is smaller than one (Kaiser 1960) in BRS samples. Further inferential analysis is needed in the CFA step. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 111

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anti-democratic conspiratorial tendencies newly define Christian statism, not religious traditionalism. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 57; Christian statism and religious traditionalism are empirically separable and diverging. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 118; Christian statism may surpass traditionalist religious nationalism — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 226 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian statism explains far more variance in the CN items than religious traditionalism. #expands (0.93) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 111
• Christian statism and religious traditionalism are empirically separable and diverging. #expands (0.92) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 118
• Christian statism may surpass traditionalist religious nationalism #expands (0.90) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 226
• Christian statism predicts anti-immigrant prejudice while religious traditionalism does not. #exemplifies (0.88) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 151
• Christian statism but not religious traditionalism drives religious intolerance. #exemplifies (0.88) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 163
• Religious traditionalism predicts inclusive attitudes while Christian statism predicts exclusionary ones. #exemplifies (0.87) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 219
• Christian statism correlates with racial distrust while religious traditionalism correlates with trust. #exemplifies (0.86) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 161
• Religious commitment and Christian nationalism shape opinions in opposite directions #corroborates (0.78) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 101
• Personal religious practice and Christian nationalism predict opposite political attitudes #corroborates (0.76) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 458