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SOURCE: The Atlantic
1/15/2021

White Christian Nationalists Want More Than Just Political Power

by Lauren R. Kerby

"White Christian nationalism also unites nostalgia for a lost age of Christian power with a profound sense of victimization. No one should underestimate how dangerous this combination is, particularly among those who decide that their faith requires them to retake their nation."

SOURCE: Washington Post
11/18/2020

Trump has Changed the Way Evangelical Christians Think about the Apocalypse

by Thomas Lecaque

Evangelicals have largely avoided interpreting the COVID-19 pandemic as a sign of the end times because doing so would also demand that they recognize their champion Donald Trump as a morally degenerate leader. The apocalyptic rhetoric that flowed freely under Obama has been silent this year.

SOURCE: The Revealer
11/12/2020

On Evangelical Masculinities (Review)

Journalist Daniel José Camacho reviews Kristin Kobes Du Mez's book "Jesus and John Wayne" and considers the way that masculinities are expressed in non-white evangelical communities.

SOURCE: NPR
9/24/2020

The Evangelical Vote (audio)

NPR's "Throughline" examines the growth of evangelical christianity as a political movement and its influence over the nomination of a Supreme Court justice and the election.

SOURCE: New York Times
9/22/2020

How the Religious Right Has Transformed the Supreme Court

Law professors Lee Epstein and Eric Posner argue that the conservative bloc on the court has shifted from the libertarianism favored by big business to a more aggressive religious activism.

SOURCE: The New Republic
9/18/2020

What Trump Taught America About the Bible

by Peter Manseau

The Bible is a powerful talisman for the majority of Americans, but Trump’s successful use of it these past five years suggests that, to many, it is a book whose content matters less than the one holding it; an expression of tribal identity as much as creed.

SOURCE: The Way of Improvement Leads Home
9/6/2020

Trump and Critical Race Theory: What is Really Going On?

by John Fea

Trump and his followers want open discourse, debate, and the free exchange of ideas, but only with those ideas that they find agreeable.

SOURCE: War on the Rocks
9/4/2020

Topics You’re Not Supposed To Discuss At Dinner: The Role Of Evangelical Religion In U.S. Foreign Policy (Podcast)

Lauren Turek, Ashlyn Hand and William Inboden discuss how, as Turek documents, in the late 20th century, the specific notion of human rights intersected with evangelical missionaries and their perceptions of the risks associated with communism and other important foreign policy questions, and were able to organize and influence U.S. foreign policy in a new and important way.

SOURCE: Saved by History
8/27/2020

Stars and Stripes and Blasphemy

by L.D. Burnett

What we heard from Mike Pence was a white evangelical Christian swapping out the Savior for the United States flag.

SOURCE: The Way of Improvement Leads Home
8/26/2020

The Last Fundamentalist Empire Died Yesterday in Lynchburg, Virginia

by John Fea

Although he oversaw tremendous growth at Liberty University and tried to lead in the culture wars, Jerry Falwell Jr. was unable to maintain credibility as a faith leader necessary to hold his empire. It's unclear whether any evangelical organization can succeed as a business and a theological enterprise.

SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
8/26/2020

The Evangelical Left once Had a Home in the GOP. What Happened?

by John W. Compton

Evangelical Christians in the political arena today support conservative Republicans. It's not just because the Democratic party moved too far left; the leaders of the New Right purged moderate Evangelicals from the ranks in the 1970s and left the religious left without a clear partisan home.

SOURCE: The New York Times
8/18/2020

Is the White Church Inherently Racist? [review]

Ph.D. candidate in history Jemar Tisby reviews "White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity."

SOURCE: Smithsonian
8/17/2020

An Interview With ‘Playboy’ Magazine Nearly Torpedoed Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Campaign

by Rick Perlstein

Jimmy Carter's 1976 campaign was nearly destroyed by an honest and introspective magazine interview; the fact that the magazine was "Playboy" did not help.

SOURCE: New York Times
8/9/2020

After Falwell Stumbles, His Hometown Sees a Leader in Need of Redemption

Historians of religion including Grant Wacker, Anthea Butler and John Fea comment on the significance of Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s recent public scandals and the position of Liberty University in the evangelical world.

8/16/2020

Examining Christian End Times Rhetoric in the Time of COVID

by Andrew Joseph Pegoda

Historical amnesia and everyday privilege are what make it seem to some Christians that end prophecies are actively in progress.

SOURCE: Washington Post
4/5/2020

President Trump Must Resist his Base’s Push to Prioritize Faith over Science

by Erica Ramirez

Pentecostals have long challenged science and medicine—something that could prove deadly during the covid-19 pandemic.

SOURCE: Washington Post
3/31/2020

An Authoritarian Power Structure Brought Coronavirus to Liberty University

by Adam Laats

How one-man rule emerged at fundamentalist colleges and universities.

SOURCE: Washington Post
12/4/19

Calling Trump ‘the chosen one’ is a political act — not a theological statement

by Wallace Best

Claims about God’s plans for the United States often morph into justifications for wrongdoing.

SOURCE: Washington Post
8/30/19

Globally, many evangelicals lean left: What that means for America’s future

by David C. Kirkpatrick

Conservatism isn’t the only option for religious voters.

SOURCE: Washington Post
8/21/19

White evangelicals once admitted they were wrong about Nixon. Will Trump come next?

by Anja-Maria Bassimir and Elesha J. Coffman

White evangelicals voted 84 percent for Richard Nixon in 1972 and 80 percent for Donald Trump in 2016. And many of the leaders stood by Nixon as scandals swirled around him, just as they have with Trump.