New Survey Points to Correlation Between Christian Nationalism and Authoritarian Views
White evangelical Protestants are the religious group most likely to score high on the Public Religion Research Institute’s Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale.
White evangelical Protestants are the religious group most likely to score high on the Public Religion Research Institute’s Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale.
This issue of A Public Witness unpacks recent polling data and swing state demographics to explore why, despite all the media attention to evangelicals, political salvation for the Harris-Walz campaign will instead be found among mainline Protestants.
The biggest change came among those who said they quit their religious upbringing because of its treatment or teachings of LGBTQ people.
The percentage of Americans who never attend services outnumbers those who go every week, according to a new report.
There is also growing concern among an array of religious Americans that their beliefs are in conflict with mainstream American culture.
A strong majority of Americans, and majorities of many religious groups, still broadly support LGBTQ rights.
The survey found support for Christian Nationalism concentrated in two religious groups: white evangelical Protestants and Hispanic Protestants.
Many Christian Nationalists, the group Neighborly Faith found, espouse troubling views while simultaneously expressing openness to aspects of American pluralism.
One-third of white evangelical Protestants support the idea, significantly more than any other religious group.
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