Donald Trump, White Evangelicals, and 2020: a Challenge for American Pluralism

The strong allegiance of white evangelicals to President Trump is one of the defining – and confounding – characteristics of this era of American politics. We propose that the orthodoxy of evangelicals is more concerned with preserving its identity and power than it is with adhering to a doctrine, a...

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Published in:Society (New Brunswick) 2020-10, Vol.57 (5), p.540-546
Main Authors: Holder, R. Ward, Josephson, Peter B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
2020 AD
Allegiance
Elections
Evaluation
Evangelical Christians
Evangelicalism
Forecasts and trends
Polarization
Political Science
Politics
Presidential elections (United States)
Presidents
Racism
Religious aspects
Social Sciences
Sociology
Symposium: The 2020 U.S. Elections
Trump, Donald
Trump, Donald J
White supremacy movements
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Summary:The strong allegiance of white evangelicals to President Trump is one of the defining – and confounding – characteristics of this era of American politics. We propose that the orthodoxy of evangelicals is more concerned with preserving its identity and power than it is with adhering to a doctrine, and therefore will not be satisfied regardless of the outcome of the 2020 election.
ISSN:0147-2011
1936-4725
DOI:10.1007/s12115-020-00525-z