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🧵 Is #ChristianNationalism more threatened by religious or racial diversity? Our new study at @SREJournal uses a new CN index & finds CN predicts viewing both as hindrances to national unity, but its association with racial diversity is much stronger. 1/5
doi.org/10.1177/233264…

This figure shows the difference pretty clearly. As #ChristianNationalism increases, Americans are more likely to see both religious and racial diversity as hindrances rather than strengths, but look at how much steeper the slope is for racial diversity. We also measured... 2/5

...this another way by combining outcomes. As #ChristianNationalism increases folks are WAY less likely to see religious & racial diversity as strengths, but become especially more likely to see religious diversity as strength & race diversity as threat. This all suggests...3/5

...that America's religious views are deeply racialized such that seemingly "race neutral" questions about Christianity & national identity are ultimately more connected to perceiving racial diversity as the bigger naitonal threat than religious diversity. There are some... 4/5

...fascinating race interactions too, suggesting CN may incline Americans of color to become "racial realists" (acknowledging race diversity is a challenge) rather than reactionaries.

Email me for a pdf if you're paywalled.

Written with @ndrewwhitehead & @JoshuaGrubbsPhD. 5/5