More than four-in-ten Americans think the U.S. should be a ‘Christian nation’ | Pew Research Center

October 25, 2022

3. Views of the U.S. as a ‘Christian nation’ and opinions about ‘Christian nationalism’

More than four-in-ten Americans think the U.S. should be a ‘Christian nation’

More than four-in-ten Americans think the U.S. should be a ‘Christian nation’

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3. Views of the U.S. as a ‘Christian nation’ and opinions about ‘Christian nationalism’
More than four-in-ten Americans think the U.S. should be a ‘Christian nation’
Americans with different views on whether the U.S. should be a ‘Christian nation’ generally have different ideas of what the term means
Upward of half of Americans are unfamiliar with ‘Christian nationalism’
Roughly a quarter of all Americans have an unfavorable view of ‘Christian nationalism’
Most common descriptions of ‘Christian nationalism’ involve Christianity playing a dominant and institutionalized role in society