In the US, the immediate crisis is the phenomenon of Donald Trump and the strong conservative Christian support for Trump, which continues to this day.
Can you tell me a little bit more about the reasons that you've found why Donald Trump has such a significant base among Christian conservatives?
What's interesting is evangelicals have had to learn how to hold their nose and support Trump.
There are state-level Christian theocrats who are in some ways implementing as much of an authoritarian reactionary Christian agenda as they can.
And when this ferocious backlash begins on the white Christian side, it's very tightly connected to the civil rights era.
Persons:
David Gushee, Donald Trump, we're, I'm, it's, I've, you've, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Trump, Christian, they're, It's, Robustly, he's, Vladimir Putin, George W, Bush, Mike Pence, Pence, theocrats, there's, William Barber, Jim Crow, Barack Obama
Organizations:
Mercer University, GOP, Trump, Republican Party, House, Officially, Christian, Black
Locations:
America, United States, England, Russia, West, Christianity