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Articles by Abram Van Engen
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White Evangelicals and the New American Exceptionalism of Donald Trump
The president’s “1776 Commission” marks a turning point in his rhetoric.
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“City on a Hill” and the Making of an American Origin Story
A now-famous Puritan sermon was nothing special in its own day.
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American Exceptionalism and America First
According to President Trump, American exceptionalism has created the very problems that America First must solve.
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Advancing God’s Kingdom: Calvinism, Calvin College, and Betsy DeVos
Much of the scrutiny of Betsy DeVos has seized on myths about Calvinism and the Christian Reformed Church—equating a religious background with a current stance about educational policy.
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