Racist views predict evangelical identity four times more among regular attenders

Evidence

For white evangelical Protestants, there is, strikingly, a stronger boost in likelihood of affiliation due to racist attitudes among frequent church attenders than among infrequent church attenders. A move from least racist to most racist on the Racism Index makes frequent church attenders 34 percentage points more likely to identify as white evangelical Protestants, compared with an increase of only 9 percentage points among infrequent church attenders. In other words, holding racist views is nearly four times as predictive of white evangelical Protestant identity among frequent church attenders as among infrequent church attenders. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 525

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: Directly overturns the common ‘real Christians versus nominal Christians’ defense by showing church involvement strengthens rather than weakens the racism-identity link for evangelicals.
• XREF: connects to: Racism predicts white Christian identity better than church attendance does — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 543; Routine church attendance does not reduce racist attitudes — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 523; Evangelical Christianity predicts higher symbolic racism among White Americans — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2189 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Evangelical Christianity predicts higher symbolic racism among White Americans #corroborates (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2189
• Racial prejudice peaks among moderate rather than frequent church attendees #contradicts (0.80) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 84
• Group settings intensify expressed racism beyond members’ individual views #expands (0.80) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 716
• Evangelical Christian faith now promotes rather than restrains racial prejudice #corroborates (0.80)
• Self-reported religiosity reliably but weakly predicts racial prejudice #qualifies (0.75)
• Religious conviction type rather than strength predicts measured racism #qualifies (0.75) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 42
• Strong religious identification predicts derogation of out-group members rather than anti-prejudice conviction. #expands (0.72) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 11
• Intergroup identification plus conventional life values, not doctrine, drive religious racism. #qualifies (0.72) — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 86
• Religious upbringing and church membership correlate with higher prejudice. #corroborates (0.72) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2526
• Religious upbringing predicts higher prejudice than no religious affiliation. #corroborates (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2526
• Extrinsic religion correlates with higher prejudice than intrinsic religion across diverse measures #expands (0.70) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2535