State vs. society : divergent images of Christian America.

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dc.contributor.advisorFroese, Paul.
dc.creatorLi, Ruiqian, 1990-
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-5398-4213
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-17T14:04:06Z
dc.date.available2024-07-17T14:04:06Z
dc.date.created2023-08
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2023
dc.date.updated2024-07-17T14:04:06Z
dc.description.abstractAs posited as a unified ideology, Christian Nationalism (CN) contains two distinct views of what it means to be a “Christian Nation” – one which envisions a Christian civil society separate from the profanities of politics, what we call “Religious Traditionalism.” The other envisions a Christian federal government where power is wielded exclusively by ethno-religious insiders, or “Christian Statism.” This dissertation confirms that current measures of Christian Nationalism contain these two factors, analyzing multiple waves of two national surveys. We find that Christian Statism predicts nativism, Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, and racial distrust while Religious Traditionalism, in most instances, predicts the opposite. Additionally, CS is consistently associated with conservative Protestant religiosity, unlike past research contends. Historically, Religious Traditionalists have always sought to influence civil society. But a different brand of Christian Nationalism has emerged, wherein all federal and state authority should rightfully and exclusively belong to Christian Statists.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2104/12812
dc.language.isoEnglish
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dc.titleState vs. society : divergent images of Christian America.
dc.typeThesis
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local.embargo.lift2028-08-01
local.embargo.terms2028-08-01
thesis.degree.departmentBaylor University. Dept. of Sociology.
thesis.degree.grantorBaylor University
thesis.degree.namePh.D.
thesis.degree.programSociology
thesis.degree.schoolBaylor University

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