Religion and Politics

Evangelical Fear Elected Trump

For The Atlantic, John Fea recounts evangelical anxiety surrounding notable events throughout American history. This narrative has both a mainstream history, culminating in the election of Donald Trump, and what Fea terms an “alternative history,” where prominent Christians opposed the popular opinion of the time in favor of more compassionate options. Fea writes, “Evangelicals have taken many wrong turns over the decades even though better, more Christian, options could be found by simply opening up the Bible and reading it.”

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