Most "white evangelicals" self-identify as Christian first, American second

[Bragi]

These polling results were published yesterday.

Read it and weep:

Among most of the Muslim publics polled, Muslims tend to identify with their religion, rather than their nationality...

Throughout Europe, most Christians think of themselves primarily in terms of their national identity. Fully 90% of French Christians take this view. The clear exception is the U.S., where Christians are divided: 46% primarily identify as American and 46% as Christian. Seven-in-ten white evangelical Christians in the U.S. identify first with their religion.

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2066/muslims-westerners-christians-jews-islamic-extremism-september-11

[kirby]

1. God above Country...

That is very fundamentalist / evangelical.

[Bragi]

2. Indeed

I still find it somewhat shocking that U.S xians in general are divided 46-to-46 per cent on whether they identify as xians or Americans first.

I commend Pew for having the integrity and courage to do this study.

Odd that these kind of questions don't get asked much by U.S. media polling companies, eh? Could this be because they get the kind of answers they'd rather not publish?

[HopeHoops]

3. That's "Gawd"

I mean, Jesus H. Fucking Christ, get it right already. :evilgrin:

[thereismore]

4. I am human first. nt

[Coyote_Bandit]

5. So what?

We long ago ceased to be a national community.

We largely identify first as members of groups within a larger community. We belong first to a particular religious, political, racial, labor, socio-economic or cultural group.