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Because the application of the four elements often differs between white and black Christians, "just 25 percent of African Americans who subscribe to all four distinctives identify as evangelical." There is thus a prevailing whiteness to American evangelicalism.

In the last couple years, "many people count themselves 'evangelical' because they watch Fox News, consider themselves religious, and vote Republican" (6).

Rather, "what it means to be an evangelical has always depended on the world beyond the faith." Indeed, there is a prioritization and interpretation of these elements at various times and places.

I find this way of identifying evangelicalism rather inadequate. The four are biblicism, conversionism, activism, and the crucicentrism.

"When it comes to delineating the contours of modern American evangelicalism, the primary of these four distinctives is arguable" (5).

The impeachment would have been a great opportunity to get a "real" evangelical as president, one that would have given judges and the same opposition to abortion.

I have marveled these last four years that, if cultural evangelicals had wanted a true believer, they should have been happier to have Pence as president than Trump. They "replaced the Jesus of the Gospels with a vengeful warrior Christ." "Evangelicals did not cast their vote despite their beliefs, but because of them.".

It was, rather, the culmination of evangelicals' embrace of militant masculinity, an ideology that enshrines patriarchal authority and condones the callous display of power, at home and abroad" (3). Her claim: "Evangelical support for Trump was no aberration, nor was it merely a pragmatic choice.Various explanations were given: some holding their noses, some choosing the better of two evils, some being transactional to get judges.the release of the Access Hollywood tape." Divorce was one thing, rumors of sexual escapades another. Then there were Trump's sexual indiscretions. Kristin notes the puzzle that such strong support for Trump presents on its face: Trump "mocked opponents, incited violence at his rallies, and boasted of his 'manhood' on national television.The intro ends with a quote from Jeffress before the 2016 election: "I want the meanest, toughest, son-of-a-you-know-what I can find in that role, and I think that's where many evangelicals are" (14). The intro begins and ends with mention of Robert Jeffress, a significant Southern Baptist that John Fea calls a "court evangelical." Explaining in 2016 why so many evangelicals voted for Trump, he said evangelicals were "sick and tired of the status quo" (1).Here are some statements I found interesting: I did manage to read the Introduction this past week. My goal is to read a chapter a week, but life is very crowded. United States - Church history - 21st century.A book that's been given a little play right now is Jesus and John Wayne, by Kristin Kobes du Mez.A revelatory account of a uniquely influential subculture, Jesus and John Wayne incisively reveals why evangelicals have rallied behind patriarchal power and the least- Christian president in American history"- Read more. As historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez demonstrates, American evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism-or, in the words of one modern chaplain, with "a spiritual badass." Trump is hardly the first flashy celebrity to capture evangelicals' hearts and minds, having followed the path blazed by, among others, John Wayne, Oliver North, and Mel Gibson.

While we assume the religious right has pragmatic reasons for backing Trump, in truth he represents the fulfillment of evangelicals' most deeply held values.

Yet in 2016 he won 81 percent of the white evangelical vote, and continues to rely on white evangelicals as his base of support. "A scholar of American Christianity answers perhaps the most bewildering question of our time: Why are evangelicals "the Donald's" most fervent supporters? Donald Trump is a libertine who lacks even basic knowledge of the Christian faith.