[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ZLk8DYrU4&w=560&h=315] The documentary will appear in September. Court evangelicals Paula White, Robert Jeffress, Franklin Graham, Mike Huckabee, Jack Hibbs, Eric Metaxas, Tony Perkins, Samuel Rodriguez, and Jack Graham are involved. This trailer is so over-the-top that some of it...
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Yesterday, I wrote a post about Rob Schenk’s revealing interview with CNN. I titled that post: “A former member of the Christian Right says that a political fundraiser once told him that we ‘need more fear and more anger’ from...
Positive Words from the #ExEvangelical Crowd
I am not sure if this is good or bad, but it appears that there are some people in the ex-evangelical crowd who like my analysis of American evangelicalism. After my interview at Salon with Chauncey DeVega, I got a message...
The *Believe Me* Paperback Tour is Shaping Up!
Eerdmans Publishing is sending me back on the road with the paperback edition of Believe Me; The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. Learn more about the tour, and how you can get involved, here or here. The hardback tour, which...
*Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump* Will Be Out in Paperback on January 7, 2020
Eerdmans published released the hardback in June 2018 and I spent a good portion of the second half of 2018 on the road with the book. The paperback edition has a new postscript. We are doing some limited touring for...
*Piety and Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House*
Journalist Tom LoBianco has published a religious biography of Vice President Mike Pence. I have not read the book, so I cannot endorse it. But I can say that I spent significant time on the phone with LoBianco as he...
Penn Live Covers *Believe Me*
Thanks to Ivey DeJesus for her work on this piece. Here is a taste: John Fea is preaching to his tribe when he excoriates the millions of white evangelicals who in 2016 swept Donald Trump to presidential victory. Fea, an American...
The Latest from the *Believe Me* Meme Series
Here is the next meme in the series. Have you pre-ordered yet? Click here to find a few places where you can do that. And stay tuned for more memes!...
Don’t Forget to Stop By and Say Hello This Summer
As many of you already know, we are taking Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump on the road this summer. If you are in the central Pennsylvania area (or even if you are not) join us on June 30...
We Have a 3D Image!
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I Really Think Trump is Excited About This Book!
More and more friends are finding these endorsements online and sending them to me. 🙂 Thanks Patrick Connelly! Don’t forget to pre-order....
Trump Evangelicals and “Legitimate Concerns”
Over at my Facebook page some very good historians and scholars who I respect have been critical of Mark Noll‘s blurb for my forthcoming (June) book Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. Here is the blurb: I tried to...
An Evangelical in His Natural Habitat
Today a religious studies professor at a university told me that he was treating my forthcoming book Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump as a “primary source” for his own study of American evangelicalism. Fair enough,. I told him...
Is Donald Trump a New Cyrus or a “Baby Christian?”
Donald Trump will address the 66th annual National Prayer Breakfast today. Last night I read a Voice of America piece on the event. This piece triggered a few thoughts. It seems that Trump’s evangelical supporters approach his presidency in one of...
The *Believe Me* Table of Contents
I don’t think this will change between now and late Spring when Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump appears in print. Introduction Chapter One: The Politics of Fear Chapter Two: The Playbook Chapter Three: A Short History of Evangelical...
Barack Obama’s “Weariness” With Evangelical Political Engagement
Check out Michael Wear‘s piece at Christian Today: “What Barack Obama’s Christianity can teach white evangelicals“. Wear is the author of Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House and was the director of faith outreach for Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign....
“Who would now identify conservative Christian political engagement with the pursuit of the common good?”
Eugene Scott of The Washington Post believes that evangelicals continue to “apply moral relativism with Trump.” I have a lot to say about this topic, but I don’t want to give too much away. My book Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald...
“Englewood Review of Books” Picks “Believe Me” as a Book to “Watch For” in 2018
I am so glad to hear that thoughtful Christians are looking forward to Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. I am honored to be included on a list with Kate Bowler, Diana Butler Bass, Marilynne Robinson, Jon Sweeney, N.T....
We Have a Title!
Yesterday I was at Calvin College to try out some of the material from my forthcoming book on Donald Trump. A lot of smart people at Calvin gave me a lot of things to think about as I wrap-up the...