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Personal religious practice and Christian nationalism predict opposite political attitudes

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Personal religious practice and Christian nationalism predict opposite political attitudes

Evidence

For the most part we find that the association between Christian nationalism and various hot-button political issues or attitudes toward racial and religious minorities tends to work in the complete opposite direction than the association between private religious practice and these same things. While Ambassadors and Accommodators are least likely to support federal gun control legislation, once we account for Americans’ embrace of Christian nationalism, those who attend church more often, pray more often, or read their Bible more frequently are more likely to support gun control. Similar to Rejecters and Resisters, Americans who are more religiously active are less likely to fear refugees from the Middle East, or atheists, or Jews. Time and again, when Christian nationalism zigs, religious practice zags. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 458

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  • QUESTION: This reverse correlation is striking and would be worth checking whether other scholars replicate the finding in later datasets.
  • XREF: connects to: Christian nationalism predicts outgroup attitudes better than conservatism does — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 72; Religious ideological orientation now predicts political views better than denomination or party — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 173; Christian nationalism is the strongest predictor of fear of Muslims and atheists — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 742 (+10 more)

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