Research found U.S. Christians who believe that God is benevolent, angry, and engaged tend to express stronger religious nationalism. In turn, stronger religious nationalism was associated with greater conspiracy mentality and higher levels of xenophobia. ✝️😡🤝🌍🕵️‍♂️

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Christian nationalists tend to imagine God as benevolent, angry over sins, and engaged

Christians who believe God is benevolent, engaged, and angered by sin are more likely to support religious nationalism, according to a new study. This worldview was also associated with conspiracy mentality and xenophobic attitudes.

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Interested in research on #belief in #conspiracytheories? (II) In a second paper, @[email protected], Mitja Back, and I explore whether the effect of interpersonal trust, #religiosity, and #rightwingauthoritarianism on #conspiracymentality may be moderated by the country context. This second article is now also out #openaccess in #politicsandgovernance: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/5865
Individual‐Level Predictors of Conspiracy Mentality in Germany and Poland | Article | Politics and Governance

Fahima Farkhari, Bernd Schlipphak, Mitja D. Back