Scholars conflate Christian nationalism with its statist variant.

Evidence

We further argue that the established scholarship confuses CN mainly with CS and ignores the fact that Religious Traditionalists tend to reject overt nativism, racial antipathy, and religious intolerance—attitudes strongly expressed by many of Trump’s white evangelical supporters. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 218

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Reader’s skepticism that CN scales may be collinear proxies for conservatism — this passage names the conflation the factor split addresses. — connects to: Christian statism and religious traditionalism are empirically separable and diverging. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 118; Christian Statism pursues exclusive state power over cultural dominance — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 44; Christian nationalist adherence is primarily political rather than religious — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 214 (+5 more)

Related

• Christian Statism pursues exclusive state power over cultural dominance (similarity 0.87)
• Christian nationalism bundles political ideology with cultural religious claims (similarity 0.86)
• Only Christian statism, not traditionalism, predicts ethno-nationalist symbolism. (similarity 0.85)
• Scholars conflate distinct religious-nationalist traditions under the blanket term Christian nationalism. (similarity 0.85)
• Christian nationalism, not evangelical identity, drives conservative support for Trump (similarity 0.85)
• Christian nationalism is a dynamic ideology, not a single founding belief (similarity 0.85)
• Christian nationalism is not synonymous with white evangelicalism. (similarity 0.85)
• Christian nationalism fuses ethnic, racial, and political hierarchy with religious identity (similarity 0.85)
• Christian nationalism splits between religious traditionalism and support for a Christian state. (similarity 0.85)
• Christian nationalist adherence is primarily political rather than religious (similarity 0.84)
• Christian nationalism is a cultural framework, not a political theology (similarity 0.84)
• White Christian nationalism explains seemingly contradictory Christian political behavior (similarity 0.84)
• Christian nationalism exerts unique unrecognized influence on American political division (similarity 0.84)
• Christian nationalism robustly predicts authoritarian political attitudes (similarity 0.84)
• White Christian nationalism fuses race and faith into one ethno-traditionalist identity (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalist adherence is primarily political rather than religious #complicates (0.85) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 214
• Christian nationalism fuses moral traditionalism, authoritarian control, and ethno-racial boundaries #expands (0.80) — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 142
• Christian nationalism functions as a power grab disguised in religious language, not genuine piety #complicates (0.78) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 455
• Grassroots mobilization coexists with direct elite capture in today’s Christian nationalism #responds-to (0.72) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 142