Am Scheideweg

Christianity and Democracy – for most of American history, this has been a complementary relationship. However, the election of Donald Trump and the role that evangelicals played in it suggest that the two paths are now diverging. This book explores how and why this has happened. It describes how American Protestantism has increasingly drifted in an authoritarian direction. A key factor is the belief that the culture wars of recent decades have been lost. Evangelicals see themselves as the most persecuted group in the U.S. and are looking for a strong protector who will lead them out of their Babylonian exile and restore their country to them. This sense of loss and entitlement is deeply rooted in the narrative of America as a white Christian nation. Trump has captured the hearts of evangelicals by playing on their deepest fears. America's Christianity and democracy are at a crossroads: will it be possible to reunite them?.