‘God made Trump’ appeals to a Christian Nationalism foreign to the Bible

By David Closson - Posted at Voices/The Christian Post:

Published January 17, 2024

After months of campaigning, debating, and politicking, the 2024 election is officially underway. While political pundits and prognosticators focus their analysis of the Iowa caucus on which of the Republican candidates — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump — can sustain their campaigns into the New Hampshire primary, a widely distributed viral video (and one campaign’s embrace of its messaging) provides an opportunity for thoughtful Christian reflection about the interplay between politics and faith.

Over the past few years, academics and journalists have written ad nauseam about the alleged dangers of “Christian Nationalism.” From melodramatic warnings of the “Far-Right Christian Quest for Power,” to Bill Maher blaming “fundamentalist Christians” for January 6, to Tim Alberta decrying conservative Christians and their supposed “right-wing nationalist fervor” in his latest book, conservative Christians remain the Left’s favorite scapegoat for what ails America’s politics.

As I’ve explained elsewhere, it is evident that the term “Christian Nationalism” is an epithet often wielded against politically engaged Christians in order to discredit or dismiss them. Although the overwhelming majority of believers do not wish to impose any sort of theocracy on their fellow citizens, advocacy for the unborn and opposition to radical gender ideology is routinely framed as “extreme” and hateful. So, while Christians should rightly stand up to those who would love nothing more than to drive Christian and conservative voices from the public square, there is a segment within the conservative movement that has proven susceptible to conflating their Christian and American identities.

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See also:

• “God Made Trump” – Terry Mattingly, 1/17/24 - Issues, Etc. (issuesetc.org)

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