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Feb 8 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
New Christian Nationalism Findings!

@PRRIpoll & @BrookingsInst just released the findings from a new survey of over 6,000 Americans. This report helps us know who embraces Christian nationalism, and what those folks believe. #ChristianNationalism

prri.org/research/a-chr…
For instance, around 29% of Americans are at least sympathetic to Christian nationalism. @PRRIpoll labels these folks "Adherents" and "Sympathizers". Image
They asked 5 different questions and created a Christian nationalism scale. This is similar to what we did in Taking America Back for God.

Glad to see a continuation of what questions are asked which help us further specify what Americans really believe and desire. Image
As expected, a majority of White evangelical Protestants are at least sympathetic to #ChristianNationalism (64%).

An important continuation of past findings, though, is that sympathy for CN is not solely located w/in this group. Image
Another interesting finding: Christian nationalism adherents and sympathizers are much more likely to "prefer the US be a nation primarily made up of Christians."

Christianity as a key marker of national identity, and who is a true American.

#ChristianNationalism Image
Be sure to check out the report--it also shows how Christian nationalism is intertwined with anti-black racism, anti-immigrant views, anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim views, and gender views.

Like below: strong association w/ "replacement theory"--immigrants replace "our culture" Image
One finding that should worry us all--Christian nationalism again strongly linked to embracing QAnon.

QAnon believers (see the ?s @PRRIpoll asked) are much more likely to be CN adherents and sympathizers.

Conspiratorial thinking key to CNism.

#ChristianNationalism ImageImage
Again, check out the full report. Lots of interesting findings that will help us further understand what Christian nationalism means for our nation going forward.

prri.org/research/a-chr… Image
Additional findings around Christian nationalism and political violence.

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Jan 30
She walked up to me after I presented on Christian nationalism & the threat to American Christianity.

Quietly, but with the weight of her entire world she said, "We just want our kids to live. To be seen as our children. We just want them to grow up."
"Why can't they see our Black boys and girls as children? Our children?" she asked me.

"They talked about that young man who took the gun to the George Floyd protests and killed those 2 people, they saw him as a child."
"Why can't they see our Black boys and girls as children?"

"We just want them to be able to grow up."
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Dec 13, 2022
Real talk: sometimes (as a Christian) I've found it poses less risk to converse with atheist or agnostic friends when experiencing deep pain or suffering than it is with some fellow Christians.

Why?
1) I've found there's less of a chance of being bright-sided.

What's bright-sided?

It's the "often toxically positive and well-meaning attempt to offer comfort, it's the phenomena where someone insists that, no matter your situation, you look for some kind of positive."
I've come to see this propensity to "bright side" as likely due to American Christianity being marked by a kind of triumphalism, of always “winning.”

This leaves little space for lament or suffering.
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Aug 16, 2022
What is white Christian nationalism?

White Christian nationalism (WCN) is a cultural framework that idealizes and advocates for a fusion of Christianity* with American civic life. It combines a number of different elements.
The first is a strong sense of moral traditionalism based on creating and sustaining social hierarchies.

Oftentimes these revolve around race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.
The second element is a comfort with authoritarian social control. The world is a chaotic place and sometimes needs strong rules and rulers to make use of violence, or at least the threat of violence, to maintain order.
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Jun 3, 2022
Here are some links to analyses on Christian nationalism. Each are FREE TO READ.

You'll learn what CN is, how to identify it, and why it is a threat to US democracy and Christianity.
Christian nationalism is strongly associated with more racist attitudes and violence toward racial minorities.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Christian nationalism is strongly associated with xenophobia, Islamophobia, and support for Trump in 2020.

academic.oup.com/socrel/article…
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Nov 13, 2021
Some thoughts regarding the ridiculous @CBMWorg hit piece on @bethallisonbarr, @kkdumez, & Beth's rural Baptist congregation, via Life of Pi:

"There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence,
were something weak and helpless. These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, 'Business as usual.' But if they perceive a slight against God, it is a different story.
Their faces go red, their chests heave mightily, they sputter angry words. The degree of their indignation is astonishing. Their resolve is frightening. These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside.
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Oct 28, 2021
Excited to finally see this @PewResearch out today! A lot to dig into with their findings—here’s my take home story:

If you want to make sense of Americans’ political and social attitudes, you need to account for Christian nationalism.

@jackmjenkins @myaguarnieri @YonatShimron
Now, Pew doesn’t call it Christian nationalism, which I understand given various constraints, but that is definitely what they’re measuring.

Pew sorts respondents into several different groups:
Strong church-state separationists, moderate CS separationists, Mixed, CS integrationists, and no opinion. Check out their methodology or later in this thread for more.

Here’s what they find:
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