Sociology

Sacred Canopies and Special Things: Myth and Modernity in Trump’s Return

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In the aftermath of Donald Trump's first presidential win, in 2016, analysts rushed to point out how many evangelicals ended up supporting this irreverent showman who claimed he had never done anything requiring forgiveness. The results laid bare how naïve people (including me) had been to think that conservative Christians would reject a man like Trump on principle. Instead, power and partisanship won out over piety as evangelicals not only looked past Trump's personal transgressions but eagerly embraced his hubristic bravado.

Publication Title

Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews

Publication Date

9-2025

Volume

54

Issue

5

First Page

371

Last Page

375

ISSN

0094-3061

DOI

10.1177/00943061251358670c

Keywords

Donald Trump, Evangelicalism, White Evangelicals, conservatism

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