Editors' Note

[...]examining minorities' commitment to equality is a powerful measure of democratic consolidation, an essential trust in legal recourse over group prejudice and discrimination. Given the role of Protestant movements sweeping Latin America, which appear to be directed at lower SES people, it is perhaps surprising to learn how Protestant outreach to Latinos in the United States has promoted adoption of an American identity and a tight link between Christianity and Americanism. The results, in many ways, complicate this line of work by indicating a complex system of interactions — for one, religiosity only affects dogmatism among evangelicals, though religiosity has effects on other components of psychological security for members of other religious traditions. [...]the results may also complicate normative theorizing about religion and religious arguments as there is no easy, undifferentiated way to talk about “religion” in the public square.