The two Christian nationalism dimensions are diverging cognitively over time

Evidence

Third, we notice that estimated covariances between the estimated effect of CS and that of RT are declining substantially in time: it drops from 0.734 in BRS 2005 to 0.539 in BRS 2021 (0.468 if in ATP 2021). This finding implies that the cognitive gap between Christian Statists and Religious Traditionalists continues to grow, particularly since the Obama administration. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 118

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s factor-analytic project of testing whether Christian nationalism is one schema or several; the temporal divergence between the two components is directly relevant evidence against treating it as a single collinear proxy. — connects to: Christian nationalism splits into two ideals measured on acceptance spectrums rather than discrete classes — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 94; Christian nationalism differs from the Christian nation narrative in its boundary-preserving intent — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 95; Christian nationalism splits between religious traditionalism and support for a Christian state. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 202

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalism differs from the Christian nation narrative in its boundary-preserving intent #expands (0.72) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 95