Evangelical 'mass radicalization around Trump' in 'overdrive' after shooting: expert
5 months ago

Evangelical 'mass radicalization around Trump' in 'overdrive' after shooting: expert

Raw Story  

According to a scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump over a week ago has given a boost to Christian nationalists and far-right evangelicals who believe the former president is the chosen one as promised in various prophecies. According to the religious scholar, since that time "right-wing Christianity is presently experiencing mass radicalization around Trump." As he reported, "this insurgent new faction of evangelicals believes in modern prophecy, that there are literal prophets today who speak the words of God directly," adding, "Trump has captured the imaginations of the nondenominational charismatics and prophecy believers like no American politician before him." "The more that MAGA Christians embellish Trump with messianic properties and make him an instrument of divine wrath on God’s enemies, the more of a menace they and he pose to democracy," he wrote.

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'Will bring havoc': Religion expert lifts lid on 'crazy' plan evangelicals have for Trump
1 week, 1 day ago

'Will bring havoc': Religion expert lifts lid on 'crazy' plan evangelicals have for Trump

Raw Story  

Anthea Butler, the chair of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Religious Studies, doesn't think many Americans know the full extent to which Trump-loving evangelical Christians are devoted to the president-elect. Writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Butler argued that many MAGA evangelicals see Trump not just as someone who will enact their preferred policy agenda, but as "God's man" whose …

Trump ushers in a Christian "deep state": MAGA moves to gut the Constitution
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump ushers in a Christian "deep state": MAGA moves to gut the Constitution

Salon  

Far-right pastor Lance Wallnau is incredibly upset over the burgeoning controversies regarding Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth. On Thursday, Marianna Sotomayor wrote in the Washington Post that Trump's policy agenda will face the obstacle of "narrow and ideologically fractured majority" Republicans have in the House. Russell Vought, the architect of Project 2025, is a Christian nationalist who …

Evangelicals see Trump as God’s warrior in their battle to win America from satanic forces
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Evangelicals see Trump as God’s warrior in their battle to win America from satanic forces

Raw Story  

A growing movement believes President-elect Donald Trump is fighting a spiritual war against demonic forces within the United States. NAR proponents argue that select leaders receive direct revelation from God, guiding the direction of churches and fighting spiritual warfare against demonic influences, which they believe corrupt the behavior of individuals and nations. An example of this is a recent series …

Evangelicals view Trump victory as a 'new mandate from God': report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Evangelicals view Trump victory as a 'new mandate from God': report

Raw Story  

Despite the fact that he has faced four criminal indictments and is awaiting sentencing on 34 felony charges, President-Elect Donald Trump is extremely popular among far-right evangelical Christian nationalists. On Wallnau's show, Herman Martir of the far-right Asian Action Network declared, "We have a new mandate from God." Herman reports, "After a narrow electoral defeat in 2020 and two assassination …

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'
2 months ago

Trump boosts a hard-right Christian worldview that paints the election as 'spiritual warfare'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The campaign has launched a …

Evangelicals buried by Christian columnist for latching on to Trump's 'freak show'
2 months, 1 week ago

Evangelicals buried by Christian columnist for latching on to Trump's 'freak show'

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC on Wednesday morning, Atlantic columnist Peter Wehner, who writes about politics from a conservative Christian perspective, hammered Donald Trump's evangelical supporters for tossing aside their principles to back his third presidential bid. Asked by the "Morning Joe" co-hosts to talk about his most recent column, "This Election is Different," where he fretted about the declining …

'Real peril': Expert says growing religious group seeks world domination with Trump's help
2 months, 4 weeks ago

'Real peril': Expert says growing religious group seeks world domination with Trump's help

Raw Story  

A powerful fringe Christian movement behind the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attacks believes former President Donald Trump will help them take over the world, a theologian reveals in his soon-to-be published book. Salon's Amanda Marcotte spoke with Dr. Matthew Taylor about the dark implications of "The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy" about …

Supporters Believe ‘Hand of God’ Saved Trump
54 years, 11 months ago

Supporters Believe ‘Hand of God’ Saved Trump

Wired  

On Monday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina took to the stage and declared he believes in miracles. But an American lion got back up on his feet and he roared.” Scott, a man who once literally hammered the Ten Commandments to the wall of a government building, is one of dozens …

Why Trump is closer to the Christian evangelists than ever
5 months, 1 week ago

Why Trump is closer to the Christian evangelists than ever

The Telegraph  

Yet for all the 78-year-old’s brashness, and tendency to become embroiled in controversy, Republicans say the root of his appeal to the evangelical movement is quite simple: he delivered for its followers during his one term in office. “I fully expect Trump to get about 80 per cent of the white evangelical vote again,” says Fea. ‘It’s a mystery to …

Trump tells right-wing Christians they will have power at 'level you've never used before'
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump tells right-wing Christians they will have power at 'level you've never used before'

Raw Story  

Just ahead of his headline spot at the CPAC convention in Virginia and the South Carolina primary on Saturday, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump delivered a speech to right-wing broadcasters Thursday night in which the former president vowed to hand power over to the Christian nationalist movement on an unprecedented scale. Trump said during his speech at the annual conference …

Apocalypse now: Donald Trump dons the "armor of God" — and pushes for theocracy
10 months ago

Apocalypse now: Donald Trump dons the "armor of God" — and pushes for theocracy

Salon  

Donald Trump has frequently hinted or implied that he has been chosen by God as some type of prophet and messiah, a divine champion in the 2024 presidential election. He rarely attends church and displays open disdain for his evangelical followers, a group he views as a means to an end: They provide him with the narcissistic energy, campaign funds …

Behold: Donald Trump the chosen son — and religious con
11 months, 1 week ago

Behold: Donald Trump the chosen son — and religious con

Raw Story  

Last week, Donald Trump and company shared a messianic video about God sending the former president to save the world. Then-President Donald Trump's supporters pray on the National Mall during the inauguration of Trump on January 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C. As some of those in attendance such as Johnnie Moore — the unofficial leader of Trump’s evangelical advisory board …

'As un-Christian as it gets': Conservative wallops evangelicals for 'worship' of Trump
1 year, 2 months ago

'As un-Christian as it gets': Conservative wallops evangelicals for 'worship' of Trump

Raw Story  

Conservative columnist Matt Lewis has written a new piece for The Daily Beast where he hammers American evangelicals for "worshipping" former President Donald Trump, an act which he describes as "un-Christian as it gets." Lewis begins his piece by marveling at the way many American evangelicals feel beholden to Trump despite the fact that his allegedly un-Christlike behavior has led …

'Wake up': Trump-loving Evangelicals warned they've been 'taken in by a hoax'
1 year, 4 months ago

'Wake up': Trump-loving Evangelicals warned they've been 'taken in by a hoax'

Raw Story  

In a blunt-talking column published by the Charlotte Observer, a lifelong Evangelical expressed dismay that Christians have been taken in by Donald Trump who could not be less like Jesus Christ. According to Isaac Bailey, Christians who are still standing by the former president despite his record of criminality and incitements to violence need to "wake up" and realize they …

Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero
1 year, 5 months ago

Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero

Associated Press  

For eight years, Donald Trump has managed to secure the support of many evangelical and conservative Christians despite behavior that often seemed at odds with teachings espoused by Christ in the Gospels. “Conservative Christians continue to overwhelmingly support Donald Trump because of his biblical policies, not his personal piety,” Jeffress told The Associated Press via email. “I am certain that …

Evangelicals still can't get enough of Trump — and it's killing their credibility: report
3 years, 1 month ago

Evangelicals still can't get enough of Trump — and it's killing their credibility: report

Raw Story  

It has been a year since President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, but his power over the evangelical movement persists, and it's eliminating their credibility, reported Christianity Today. Among evangelicals, however, one-third said that their church's support of Trump made personal witnessing more difficult. "It's somewhat of an indictment of the church that we are far more comfortable in …

Trump: Christians form group to reduce evangelical support for the president in final weeks of reelection campaign
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump: Christians form group to reduce evangelical support for the president in final weeks of reelection campaign

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A group of prominent Christians from both sides of the …

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