Crusading for Moral Authority: Christian Nationalism and Opposition to Science
Crusading for Moral Authority: Christian Nationalism and Opposition to Science
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DOI：
10.1111/socf.12619
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发表时间：
2020-08-06
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Whitehead, Andrew L.
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作者：
Baker, Joseph O.;Perry, Samuel L.;Whitehead, Andrew L.
许多研究表明，圣经主义基督教，宗教信仰和保守的政治身份是美国人对科学的公开争议方面持怀疑态度的强有力的预测因素，例如人类进化。我们表明，基督教民族主义，这意味着希望看到基督教的符号，价值观和政策的特殊和排他性的版本，作为美国的既定宗教，是一个强大的和一致的预测美国人对科学的态度以上，超越其他宗教和政治特征。此外，政治意识形态对科学道德权威的怀疑的总体影响大部分是通过基督教民族主义介导的，这表明政治保守派更有可能关注科学的特定方面，主要是因为他们更有可能是基督教民族主义者。同样，大量的宗教信仰和圣经的“字面意义”与科学观点之间的关联是通过基督教民族主义介导的。由于基督教民族主义试图建立一个特定的和排他性的基督教作为主导的道德秩序的愿景，信徒感到威胁的挑战，知识权威的基础，该秩序，包括科学方面被视为挑战至高无上的圣经权威。
Numerous studies show biblicist Christianity, religiosity, and conservative political identity are strong predictors of Americans holding skeptical attitudes toward publicly controversial aspects of science, such as human evolution. We show that Christian nationalism-meaning the desire to see particularistic and exclusivist versions of Christian symbols, values, and policies enshrined as the established religion of the United States-is a strong and consistent predictor of Americans' attitudes about science above and beyond other religious and political characteristics. Further, a majority of the overall effect of political ideology on skepticism about the moral authority of science is mediated through Christian nationalism, indicating that political conservatives are more likely to be concerned with particular aspects of science primarily because they are more likely to be Christian nationalists. Likewise, substantial proportions of the well-documented associations between religiosity and biblical "literalism" with views of science are mediated through Christian nationalism. Because Christian nationalism seeks to establish a particular and exclusivist vision of Christianity as the dominant moral order, adherents feel threatened by challenges to the epistemic authority undergirding that order, including by aspects of science perceived as challenging the supremacy of biblicist authority.