Public Religion Research Institute CEO Robert Jones shared brand-new information today that shines light on the troubling appeal of Christian nationalism– summarized as a belief that America’s nationwide identity is linked with Christianity– in areas of the nation managed by Republicans.
When the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, it was a clear indication that the upper tier of American legal power was providing for evangelical extremistsAnd to highlight how alarming things have actually ended up being 2 years on, when the Alabama Supreme Court choice categorized embryos utilized for in vitro fertilization as humans, it wasn’t lost on critics that the chief justice conjured up Bible verses in his concurring viewpoint and has actually been open in his assistance for very theocratic views
PRRI’s brand-new research study on Christian nationalism, put together utilizing interviews with more than 22,000 individuals, is prompt.
Here are a few of my essential takeaways.
Christian nationalists are a reasonably little group however wield outsized power
PRRI discovered “3 in 10 Americans certify as Christian nationalism Adherents (10%) or Sympathizers (20%), compared to two-thirds who certify as Skeptics (37%) or Rejecters (30%).”
Followers and sympathizers of Christian nationalism make up about 30% of the American population– and obviously about 66% of the Supreme Court benchif the Dobbs judgment is any sign.
Alabama’s an outlier
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