For Trump’s Evangelicals, the Inconvenient Teachings of Christ

from The Harvard Religion Beat · host Harvard Divinity School

The Rundown00:26 - White evangelical support for Trump01:53 - Intro to the pod and to my guest, Prof. Dudley Rose02:25 - Evangelical oppression?05:01 - Abortion as a redline08:46 - Evangelicals "dream president"10:47 - Jesus chatting w/ Trump11:51 - Lesser of two evils?14:56 - Democrats win over white evangelicals?17:14 - "Evangelicals are people of hope, not fear"18:06 - Golf clap + other ways to connectFull transcript available on the Harvard Divinity School website. | Follow us on social and subscribe to our e-newsletter! And listen to our other pod “Ministry of Ideas!”Music credit: InSpectr (Free Music Archive)

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Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election thanks in large part to overwhelming support from one particular group of folks: white evangelicals. But given what we know about evangelicals and their social positions centered on family values, and given what we know about Trump, a thrice-married casino mogul facing numerous allegations of adultery, sexual assault, and bigotry, where does this evangelical support for Trump come from?

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