A cerebral illumination of that phenom, bolstering my own acquired-take on their M.O.
[as: ~ the dis-US' Puritan legacy again, that which morphs so many serious matters into ... a fucking-Catechism-for-the terminally-credulous].
Proof? The Mega-Church {2016: MAGA-church?} and its billionaire wallet-shearing $hepards.

Enochlophobia, Agoraphobia refined to, "the fear of and desire to avoid situations wherein one believes s/he may be subjected to incapacitation, humiliation" etc).
Ya needs ta grok lots of BIg-words to survive in this Tiny-minded asylum. And you have the Chops of actual {ugh} Experience, YPB.