An acclaimed religion writer finds a complex picture of Evangelical voters and even more cause for worry about political polarization.
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Why Christian Nationalists Merge Their Religious and Political Identities
In their minds, the personal is political, and the struggle will outlast Donald Trump.
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The White Evangelical Christians’ Revisionist Civil Rights History
Some of their leaders are trying to rewrite their roles in major historical moments.
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Trump Supporters Can No Longer Claim to Be Pro-Life
The coronavirus pandemic has further exposed the misogyny of the anti-choice movement.
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A Crack in Trump’s White Evangelical Base of Support
Christianity Today has called for the president’s removal from office.
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On H.L. Mencken, Michael Gerson and Evangelicals in Public Life
Once you reject science, you can be led down any path. One day Trump will be gone and evangelicals will be led in a new direction.
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White Evangelicals Like Having a Bully-in-Chief
Trump is disrespectful towards the tenets of the faith, but he insults and belittles the people who don’t share their beliefs.
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The Worldview of White Evangelicals Is at Odds With Democracy
To mitigate the consequences of sin, the state must impose Biblical authority to contain chaos.
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Why Evangelical Christians Don’t Question Trump
Other GOP constituencies are questioning their alliance. The ones left behind have learned to simply obey.
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How Trump’s Base Responds to a Terror Attack Against Muslims
A land-use conflict in Nigeria is being used to affirm that it is Islam that poses the real threat.
