The Divide Between “Trumpvangelicals” and the Rest of Us
In September of last year, I weighed in on the debate over whether evangelicals really…
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“Real” Evangelicals Don’t Support Trump? Not So Fast…
Since Donald Trump started winning Republican primaries this winter, evangelical leaders have looked to absolve…
Read MoreMormon Rejection of Trump Embarrassing for Evangelicals?
Mormons don’t like Donald Trump. That now seems abundantly clear after yesterday’s results in Utah…
Read MoreTrump Speaker Says Bernie “Gotta Get Saved… Gotta Meet Jesus”
Isn’t that just business as usual for Christians? No.
Read MoreJoined at the Hip: White Nationalist Christianity and Donald Trump
Why can’t Douthat admit that the apostasy he deplores is at the center of white Christianity and not at the margins?
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How Mega-Macho-Pastor Mark Driscoll Helps Explain Trump’s Evangelical Support
If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on moral values the popularity of…
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Trump’s Rise: What’s a Christian Progressive to Do?
How to explain Trump’s success in the context of American Christianity? Rachel Held Evans has offered:…
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Why Pro-Life Voters Shouldn’t Trust Trump on Abortion—And Why It Doesn’t Matter
Following Donald Trump’s win in South Carolina’s Republican primary last week, conservative pundit Erick Erickson…
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It Depends What You Mean By “Religious”: Latest Poll Says More About Us Than Candidates
A new poll from the Pew Research Center tells us, predictably enough, that Americans generally…
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Why “Family Values” Defined Conservative Christianity (and Why “Religious Liberty” Has Replaced it)
From about 1970 until about 2000, American politics was largely driven by concern about the…
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