Trump, white evangelical Christians, and American politics : change and continuity / edited by Anand Edward Sokhey and Paul A. Djupe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sokhey, Anand Edward, 1981- editor.

Djupe, Paul A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trump, Donald, 1946---Influence.

Trump, Donald.

Christianity and politics--United States--History--21st century.

Christianity and politics.

Evangelicalism--United States--History--21st century.

Evangelicalism.

Christians, White--United States--History--21st century.

Christians, White.

Religion and politics--United States--History--21st century.

Religion and politics.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2024]

Summary:

In Trump, White Evangelical Christians, and American Politics, political scientists Anand Edward Sokhey and Paul A. Djupe bring together a wide range of scholars and writers to examine the relationship between former President Donald Trump and white American evangelical Christians. They argue that, while this relationship-which saw evangelicals supporting a famously unfaithful, materialistic, and irreligious candidate despite self-defining in opposition to these characteristics-prompted many to wonder if Trump himself transformed American evangelical religion in politics, this alliance reflected both change and the outcome of dynamics that were in place or building for decades.Contributors contextualize the Trump presidency within the story of religious demographic change, the growth of politicized religion, nationalistic religious expression, and the ways religion and politics in the United States are enmeshed in the politics of race. These investigations find that the idea of religious "transformation" is not accurate. Instead, the years 2015 to 2022 saw mainly minor changes to the ways religion appeared in public life-but these changes ultimately complemented and advanced an existing white evangelical strategy to increase political and social power as they became a demographic minority in the United States. Taken together, this collection reveals new insights for readers seeking to understand the religious dimensions of Trump's rise, the reasons evangelicals become political activists, and the multifaceted alliances between secular politicians and conservative religious subcultures.Contributors: Abraham Barranca, Ruth Braunstein, Ryan P. Burge, David E. Campbell, Jeremiah J. Castle, Paul A. Djupe, John C. Green, Sarah Heise, Geoffrey C. Layman, Andrew R. Lewis, Gerardo Martí, Eric L. McDaniel, Napp Nazworth, Shayla F. Olson, Enrique Quezada-Llanes, Kaylynn Sims, Anand Edward Sokhey, Hilde Lovdal Stephens, Kyla K. Stepp, Allan Tellis.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Deliver Us from Evil

PART I Religious Change and Continuity in the Trump Years

CHAPTER 2 The Shifting Religious Vote: Compositional Changes in the Religious Electorate Post-2008

CHAPTER 3 Making America Secular: The Growing Political Impact of Secularism in the Trump Era

CHAPTER 4 A Tale of Two Evangelicalisms

PART II The Growth and Effects of Politicized Religion

CHAPTER 5 How Sermons Became More Political in the Trump Era

CHAPTER 6 And They Shall Know Me by Your Trump Support: The Tightening Link Between Christian Conservatives and the Republican Party

CHAPTER 7 Embattled and Radicalizing: How Perceived Repression Shapes White Evangelicalism

PART III How Race Ramps Up Religious Politics

CHAPTER 8 American Religion and Attitudes Toward Reparations for Slavery

CHAPTER 9 In God’s Image: White Evangelical Protestants and Threats to White Masculinity

CHAPTER 10 Public Schools, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and the Christian Right: How Trump Refueled Family Value Politics

PART IV Religion Has Been Nationalized

CHAPTER 11 Is Public Support for Religious Freedom Nationalistic?

CHAPTER 12 Using the Pen as a Sword: Donald Trump’s Use of Unilateral Presidential Power to Fight the Culture Wars

CHAPTER 13 Conclusion: The Trump Revival Moves On

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781512825633

1512825638

OCLC:

1482450381