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.

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追求道德权威：基督教民族主义和对科学的反对

大量研究表明，圣经中的基督教，宗教信仰和保守的政治身份是美国人对科学之类的公众争议方面持怀疑态度的有力证据，例如人类进化。我们表明，基督教民族主义（意味着希望看到被奉为美国既定宗教的基督教符号，价值观和政策的特殊和排他性版本）是美国人对科学超越其他宗教的态度的有力而一致的预言和政治特征。此外，政治思想对怀疑科学道德权威的整体影响的大部分是通过基督教民族主义来调解的，表明政治保守派更可能关注科学的特定方面，主要是因为他们更可能是基督教民族主义者。同样，宗教和圣经中的“文学主义”与科学观点之间的有据可查的关联的很大一部分是通过基督教民族主义来调解的。由于基督教民族主义试图建立一种特殊且排他的基督教作为主流道德秩序的观点，因此信奉者感到受到对建立该秩序的认识权威的挑战的威胁，包括被视为挑战圣经权威的科学方面的威胁。充分记载的宗教与圣经“文学主义”之间的关联以及科学观点是通过基督教民族主义来调解的。由于基督教民族主义试图建立一种特殊且排他的基督教作为主流道德秩序的观点，因此信奉者感到受到对建立该秩序的认识权威的挑战的威胁，包括被视为挑战圣经权威的科学方面的威胁。充分记载的宗教与圣经“文学主义”之间的关联以及科学观点是通过基督教民族主义来调解的。由于基督教民族主义试图建立一种特殊且排他的基督教作为主流道德秩序的观点，因此信奉者感到受到对建立该秩序的认识权威的挑战的威胁，包括被视为挑战圣经权威的科学方面的威胁。