{"id":1341,"date":"2013-07-05T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/07\/evangelicals-top-religious-patriotism-believe-in-american-exceptionalism.html"},"modified":"2013-07-05T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T10:02:00","slug":"evangelicals-top-religious-patriotism-believe-in-american-exceptionalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/07\/evangelicals-top-religious-patriotism-believe-in-american-exceptionalism.html","title":{"rendered":"Evangelicals Top Religious Patriotism; Believe In American Exceptionalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
When it comes to God and country, white evangelicals report the most intense patriotic feelings in a new poll, with more than two-thirds (68 percent) saying they are extremely proud to be an American.<\/span><\/div>\n
That figure was markedly higher than for white mainline Protestants (56 percent), minority Christians (49 percent), Catholics (48 percent) and religiously unaffiliated Americans (39 percent), according to the study, conducted by the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion News Service.<\/span><\/div>\n
White evangelicals are also more likely than any other religious group surveyed to believe that God has granted the U.S. a special role in history (84 percent) and to say they will likely attend a public July 4th celebration (62 percent).<\/span><\/div>\n
On the other end of the spectrum, relatively few religiously unaffiliated Americans believe in a God-given American exceptionalism, (40 percent) or plan to attend a public Independence Day celebration (48 percent).<\/span><\/div>\n
Eric Metaxas, the popular Christian author and speaker, said evangelicals \u201care not patriotic and pro-American in a tribalistic, nationalistic, or jingoistic sense.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cBut they do tend to be pro-America because they believe that the ideas of the Founders \u2014 religious liberty at the head of them \u2014 have been a huge blessing to those on our shores \u2013 and to those beyond them.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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When it comes to God and country, white evangelicals report the most intense patriotic feelings in a new poll, with more than two-thirds (68 percent) saying they are extremely proud to be an American. 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