White Protestants seek state favoritism as their dominance erodes.

Evidence

In the American case, white Protestants rhetorically supported a free religious economy and national inclusiveness when their dominance of American culture was secured by historical conditions. But in light of demographic changes and widespread church disaffiliation, white Protestants have begun to feel that they are losing their market share and now seek special protections and favoritism from the state. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 228

Categorization

• XREF: Religious economics explanation dovetails with Reader’s question about whether CN is conservative identity-protective responding to status threat. — connects to: Minority-status threat shifts white Protestants toward Christian Statism. — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 229; White Protestant establishment support arose as their demographic majority slipped — Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese, The Duality of American Christian…, 43; American national identity rests on a White Protestant chosen-people myth. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 201

Related

• White Protestants shift toward state favoritism as they perceive losing religious market share (similarity 0.91)
• White Protestant establishment support arose as their demographic majority slipped (similarity 0.90)
• Majority-status loss prompted white conservative Christians to seek state religious favoritism (similarity 0.88)
• Minority-status threat shifts white Protestants toward Christian Statism. (similarity 0.86)
• Two-aspect nationalism theory explains RT-versus-CS shift as majority-status security drives in-group versus out-group focus (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• American national identity rests on a White Protestant chosen-people myth. #corroborates (0.85) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 201