Racism predicts white Christian identity better than church attendance does

Evidence

This analysis leaves us with some remarkable conclusions. If you want to predict whether an average person is likely to identify as a white Christian, and you could know only one attribute about that person, you would be better off knowing how racist he or she is than how often he or she attends church. Or, to put it even more bluntly, if you were recruiting for a white supremacist cause on a Sunday morning, you’d likely have more success hanging out in the parking lot of an average white Christian church—evangelical Protestant, mainline Protestant, or Catholic—than approaching whites sitting out services at the local coffee shop. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 543

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racist views predict evangelical identity four times more among regular attenders — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 525; White Christianity’s present racism is the predictable product of its history — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 549; Parallel civic and church catechisms fused white supremacy onto Christian formation. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 364 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Evangelical Christianity predicts higher symbolic racism among White Americans #corroborates (0.90) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2189
• Intense Christian faith now correlates with rather than reduces racial prejudice #corroborates (0.80)
• Religious conviction type rather than strength predicts measured racism #expands (0.80) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 42
• Intergroup identification plus conventional life values, not doctrine, drive religious racism. #corroborates (0.80) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 86
• Racial prejudice peaks among moderate rather than frequent church attendees #complicates (0.75) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 84
• Routine church attendance does not reduce racist attitudes #corroborates (0.75) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 523
• Self-reported religiosity reliably but weakly predicts racial prejudice #qualifies (0.75)