White evangelical cultural influence diffuses Christian nationalism beyond white Christians

Evidence

Christian nationalism is not located solely within white Christianity or white evangelicalism. While white Christian nationalism is largely a product of white Christianity in the United States, it is not limited to the congregations or the people who make up these groups. Rather, the cultural influence of white Christianity helped diffuse the tenets of Christian nationalism across the population. This means that Americans in other religious traditions, and even those who do not affiliate with a religious tradition, can and sometimes do embrace Christian nationalism to varying degrees. — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 164

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the diffusion-dynamics claim in the chapter’s earlier framing and connects to cultural-hegemony analyses in the Islamophobia reading list. — connects to: Elite evangelicals downplay Christian nationalism to shield the broader movement from blame — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 135; Whites do not outscore minorities on Christian nationalism scales despite the racial-coding theory — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 212; Christian nationalism is not an exclusively evangelical ideology — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 213

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalism is not an exclusively evangelical ideology #corroborates (0.92) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 213
• Whites do not outscore minorities on Christian nationalism scales despite the racial-coding theory #corroborates (0.82) — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 212