Seth Dowland
Seth Dowland is Associate Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University and author of Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right.
White Evangelical Voters: Trump as Spiritual Leader
This version of evangelicalism—a movement more concerned with masculinity than moralism—helps explain the appeal of Trump, as well as the widespread refusal by white evangelicals to accept the results of the election. In a culture war that demands unflinching commitment, democratic norms are fungible.