Religious traditionalism predicts inclusive attitudes while Christian statism predicts exclusionary ones.

Evidence

Our most intriguing findings show that CS and RT are associated with different, even opposite, attitudes concerning American membership. As we expected, those higher in CS report stronger support for ethno-nationalism and are more likely to embrace beliefs and symbols that intertwine American nationhood with Christian identity. In addition, we find CS is a strong predictor of an extensive series of exclusionary and negative attitudes toward racial and religious minorities including blacks, Hispanics, immigrants, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, and atheists, whereas RT is related to more inclusive, sympathetic, and positive sentiments toward a variety of national, ethnic, and religious groups. … We expect this is due somewhat to the proselytizing nature and ecumenical identity of many conservative Christians; they do not want to exclude their potential converts. This might also be due to the color-blind ideology that many conservative white Christians express, even while opposing racial justice policies and denying the existence of structural racism. Put simply, contemporary Religious Traditionalists are primed to sound racially and ethnically inclusive. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 219

Categorization

• QUESTION: Does the ‘primed to sound inclusive’ racial-attitude measure capture professed warmth rather than real policy preferences? The authors concede color-blind rhetoric coexists with opposition to racial justice policies.
• DEFINE: Contrasts the two components of the CS/RT split — one nationalism-laden, one religiosity-laden — with opposite group-attitude profiles.
• XREF: connects to: Christian statism dominates religious traditionalism as an empirical factor across samples. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 111; Christian statism predicts anti-immigrant prejudice while religious traditionalism does not. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 151; Christian statism but not religious traditionalism drives religious intolerance. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 163 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian statism and religious traditionalism predict ethno-nationalism and patriotism differently #corroborates (0.95) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 150
• Christian statism and religious traditionalism are empirically separable and diverging. #corroborates (0.90) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 118
• Personal religious practice and Christian nationalism predict opposite political attitudes #corroborates (0.85) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 458
• Christian statism may surpass traditionalist religious nationalism #expands (0.78) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 226
• Religiosity correlates with inclusive attitudes despite reinforcing its own boundaries #corroborates (0.75) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 372
• Cornology Christian nationalism predicts anti-refugee fears independently of party and ideology. #exemplifies (0.75) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 240
• Christian nationalism predicts outgroup attitudes better than conservatism does #qualifies (0.72) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 72