Donald Trump evangelicals
Trump assails Jewish voters who back Biden: ‘Should have their head examined’
By Bill Barrow — April 11, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — The Gaza conflict has sandwiched Biden between conservatives – both Christian and Jewish – who want stalwart support for Netanyahu’s government, and progressives.
What’s a ‘white evangelical’ anyway? It’s hard to pin down
By Jana Riess — October 29, 2021
(RNS) — How do you define white evangelicalism? A fascinating new book argues that people are what they read, so let's start by looking at bestselling novels.
White Gen X and millennial evangelicals are losing faith in the conservative culture wars
By Terry Shoemaker — June 22, 2021
(The Conversation) — Growing numbers of young evangelicals and 'Exvangelicals' are pro-LGBTQ, support #BlackLivesMatter – or are fed up altogether with mixing faith and politics.
Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as ‘non-denominational Christian’
By Jack Jenkins and Maina Mwaura — October 23, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A rare exchange about religion-related matters with a president who, while allying closely with evangelical Christian leaders, has spoken little about his own faith.
Biden campaign targets Mormons, evangelicals
By Jana Riess — September 10, 2020
(RNS) — In 2016, 81% of white evangelicals supported Donald Trump, as did 61% of Mormons. The Biden campaign is making a direct appeal to some of these voters.
White evangelicals courted Trump’s toxic masculinity for decades
By Jana Riess — July 22, 2020
(RNS) — Historian Kristin Du Mez says white evangelicals see in Trump the authoritarian leader who can conquer the threats to their dominance.
Some Trump evangelical advisers offer tempered response to coronavirus
By Jack Jenkins — March 13, 2020
(RNS) — Pastors aligned with Trump seem to have run with the president's once-dismissive attitude toward the spread of COVID-19.
Billy Graham, Franklin Graham and the dangers of mixing religion and politics
By Jana Riess — October 15, 2019
(RNS) — How will Billy Graham be remembered? Is his son Franklin damaging that legacy? Historian and Graham biographer Grant Wacker weighs in.
How the Democratic Party lost its soul—and can regain it in the age of Trump
By Jana Riess — August 24, 2018
When was the last time we saw a Democrat actively court religious leaders—not merely in a calculated way to achieve a political end, but because he or she sincerely tied that political end to sacred principles?
Why white evangelicals voted for Trump: Fear, power and nostalgia
By Jana Riess — July 2, 2018
(RNS) — Eighty-one percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, but why? Especially when there were three experienced evangelical candidates in the primary season? Historian John Fea traces a legacy of fear, power, and nostalgia among white evangelical voters.
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