Author Archive
Articles by Neil J. Young

Review
The Mundane History of White Christian Nationalism
A review of Bradley Onishi’s new book, “Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next.”
By Neil J. Young
Review
“Evangelical” Is Not a Political Term
Yet the temptation for those writing about evangelicals today is to allow the political part—like the fact that 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump—to stand in for the whole.
By Neil J. Young
Essay
The Religious Right’s Power Grab: How Outside Activists Became Inside Operatives
Since a leaked 2005 Access Hollywood audiotape revealed Donald Trump bragging about how he sexually assaulted women—something he dismissed as “locker room banter”—more than a …
By Neil J. Young