Proudly We Hail? American Affect Toward the Flag, Civil Religion, and Rising Christian Nationalism

• In Event: National Identity and Patriotism

Brief Overview

We explore the relationship between Americans’ identities and how they feel about the flag. We find that Christians and Republicans’ positive affect is more connected to their partisan and religious identities than to their American identity.

Authors

• Alexander Cohen, University of California-Davis

• Jonathan Dahlsten, University of California-Davis