How did America’s white evangelicals, from often progressive
history, come to right-wing populism? Addressing populism requires
understanding how its historico-cultural roots ground present
politics. How have the very qualities that contributed much to
American vibrancy—an anti-authoritarian government-wariness and
energetic community-building—turned, under conditions of
distress, to defensive, us-them worldviews? Readers will gain an
understanding of populism and of the socio-political and religious
history from which populism draws its us-them policies and
worldview. The book ponders the tragic cast of the white
evangelical story: (i) the distorting effects of economic and
way-of-life duress on the understanding of history and present
circumstances and (ii) the tragedy of choosing us-them solutions to
duress that won’t relieve it, leaving the duress in place.
Readers will trace the trajectory from economic, status loss, and
way-of-life duresses to solutions in populist, us-them binaries.
They will explore the robust white evangelical contribution to
civil society but also to racism, xenophobia, and sexism. White
evangelicals not in the ranks of the right—their worldview and
activism—are discussed in a final chapter. This book is valuable
reading for students of political and social sciences as well as
anyone interested in US politics.
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