Andrew L. Whitehead (Clemson) and Christopher P. Scheitle (West Virginia): We the (Christian) People: Christianity and American Identity from 1996 to 2014. Christianity in America is more politically polarized than ever. Sarah Jones reviews Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby by Candida Moss and Joel Baden. Are evangelicals inventing a new kind of Christianity that’s all about sex? Major evangelical leaders just signed a controversial document on sexuality and the church. The Nashville Statement is the Religious Right’s death rattle: Beneath an unequivocal stance against queer sexual orientation lies a deep insecurity about the Christian Right’s position in American politics.
White evangelicals are steadily losing both followers and political clout. The age of white Christian America is ending — here’s how it got there. We’re at the end of white Christian America — what will that mean? Fading white evangelicals have made a desperate end-of-life bargain with Trump. The Religious Right moves to cement political power under President Trump. Mainline Protestants call out the evangelical leaders backing Trump.
Religious conservatives shrug at Bannon’s links to white nationalist groups. Brian D. McLaren on how the “alt-Right” has created alt-Christianity. How Trump’s presidency reveals the true nature of Christian nationalism. “Values voters” say they can look past Trump bragging about sexual assault. Josiah Hesse: Donald Trump is no saint, but I know why evangelicals love him.
Evangelical conservatives are proving their harshest critics right. Evangelicals squander their moral authority by sticking with Trump. In their eyes, religious conservatives aren’t making a cynical bargain by embracing a president with dubious religious bona fides — they finally have the street brawler they’ve always wanted. Why Christian conservatives supported Trump — and why they might regret it.
