🧵 NEW STUDY! We quizzed adults on religion in US political history (see below). We find #ChristianNationalism is THE leading predictor (white) adults pick wrong answers. Why? Likely 2 reasons: 1/ @RuthBraunstein @GorskiPhilip @JoshuaGrubbsPhD @jssrjournal
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First, there's a huge #ChristianNationalism propaganda machine that puts out misinformation about religion (Christianity) in American political history. Folks higher on Christian nationalism are more likely to consume this material. See @anelsona @kathsstewart @AndrewLSeidel 2/
Second, in another study we found folks higher on #ChristianNationalism got lower science scores, not because they're ignorant per se, but b/c when asked about contentious issues (e.g., evolution) they chose answers favoring subculture. @ParadoxOfBelief 3/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Likely some of both going on. Americans higher on #ChristianNationalism are 1) consuming material that shapes their view of history AND 2) they're more likely to pick answers that support the view that Christianity is central to American history, but is now persecuted. 4/
Our findings support those of Peterson & Iyengar showing highly partisan adults often hold to inaccurate info b/c "partisans seek out information with congenial slant & sincerely adopt inaccurate beliefs that cast their party in a favorable light." 5/ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
And I'll include some folks here who have also documented the link between #ChristianNationalism & Americans' own understanding of religion in American political history. 6/6 @AntheaButler @AndrewLSeidel @kkdumez @anelsona @kathsstewart @KevinMKruse @samhaselby @JemarTisby
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