Report: Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom attend church
Surprise, surprise. All those cross-wielding Christian Nationalists at the UK’s fascist rallies don’t actually go to church.
Kevin G. Robinson11Christian Nationalists aren't religious. They're performative grifters. The worst kind of Charlatans who hide behind religion to espouse their hatred, bigotry and Fascist BS. They need to be cast out and thrown back into the gutter where they belong.
Grit Pump8I guess “atheist nationalist” or just plain “fascist”doesn’t sound as cool?
John Lyons7What church would want them?
Danny Fearns6As demonstrated by the delightful Danny Tommo who appeared in court via video link, clutching his Bible. I'd be fascinated to know what his favourite passage is ...
Chris Williams5Jesus was a woke liberal former asylum seeker from the Middle East: of course the fash are not fans.
Thomas Fortenberry5Same thing w/ the Evangeliban. They don’t read the Bible or follow Christianity.
Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈7"Although 81% of this group identified as Christian, just 13% attended church weekly, only slightly above the 11% average across the population surveyed. Less than a third (31%) prayed weekly, while 47% expressed an interest in the Bible." Violent religious extremists are often like this
Richie Daiches Barlow3“God damn it! We would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those pesky ChRiStIaNs!”
Buddha Ferret2Then why even BOTHER?? What's the damn point??
Persiflage2Of course not. Their vicious, bigoted brand of 'Christianity' ain't at all Christian.
"Christian nationalism" in the UK is essentially a post-religious identity. Unlike the evangelical right in the US, it has no theological content, does not require belief in God & demands no moral or religious commitment. It reduces Christianity to a cultural "heritage" to be "defended" from Islam
Nick Chainey 10It's just racists trying to hide their racism, isn't it?
Huw C. Davies5Marshall, Orr, Kruger et al. want it to be genuine.
Lizard4I assure you, that is EXACTLY like the evangelical right in the US.
Belle de jour2The ill-defined “Christian heritage” (often Judeo-Christian) conveniently glosses over 200 years of internal religious conflict from the Reformation onwards. From the destruction of abbeys, to Gunpowder plot, the Civil War and the Glorious Revolution. No Muslims involved.
Gary Price-Hunt1Can't see the Quakers signing up for this
rightarmrandom.bsky.social1Wait until the knuckle draggers find out about the common Abrahamic background of both religions....
🧵The irony in this is pretty hard to miss. The report basically finds what many of us knew in that the people most strongly identifying Christianity with British national identity are often not especially religious in practice. The “identity integrationist” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
History and Heritage Yorkshire27group is 81% self-identified Christian, but only 13% attend church weekly; they’re also considerably more hostile to immigration and Islam. Meanwhile, the more practising “belief integrationists” are substantially more supportive of asylum seekers and religious equality. And that fits
Bríd4They are not Christian . It’s essentially a tag to promote anti- Muslim sentiment.
DebW3If they read the gospels they'd think the teaching is "woke " .
You analysis is basically right, but "going to church" is not equivalent to "being a Christian", and should not be used as a measure of such. More nuance please.
Tony Dyson1It took "research" to reach this conclusion?
Stephen Clarke1It needs stating. You CANNOT be a Christian and a Racist. If you are a Racist, You must Recant & Repent.
Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Visions of Hope10These dinguses (dingi?) care about as much about Christianity as TERFs care about feminism. Maybe we should start calling them Islam Exclusive Radical Abrahamics.
Cesq7"Christian" used as the opposite of "Islam" is Middle Eastern irony of the highest order.
Poet Sue1Christianity is routed in 'Love thy neighbour as thyself' so it is obvious most people creating hatred and division in this country against neighbours are not Christians. Pete Hegseth is about as far away from a Christian as you can get but he hides his evil depravity under banner of Christianity.
Jack Graham271When most white Christians talk about 'God' or 'Jesus' or 'Christ' or 'Heaven' or 'Christendom' or 'the Church', they just mean white supremacy. This has pretty much always been true since the dawn of modernity.
Metal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️119The amount of times I have tried to explain this to an American and they have told me I don't understand my own country... It's a vibe. An identifier. A signal that they are part of an in-group. They are not actually religious, because none of them said a fucking word about it before the 🇺🇸 money.
Scam Ghouldin44You’re telling me this type of guy isn’t going to Mass every week???
Philo of Alexan23Least surprising headline of the day
stuart14Calvin forward somersaulting into America to justify Manifest Destiny, backflipping holding capitalist individualism into Europe and telling Hitler privatising the trains will prevent Jewish control of Germany
Hesitation Marx14total yankification. british right wingers are absolute fucking slaves
spooky gary #TheBurnhamBounce6Wait so you're telling me these "christ is king" assholes aren't actually christians?
Skuzy4Because it’s all about hate. It’s about racism bigotry and misogyny. they just use the cross for cover.
Miami pro hac Vice4At least anecdotally from people I've known, this is true in the US, too. The loudest Christian nationalists generally aren't the folks who grew up going to church and mostly kept going to church: they're dudes who nominally became religious around 30 or later to advance their careers.
Visions of Hope2I love the smell of confirmation bias in the morning!
