As Mike Pence prepares for life after the vice presidency, a scholar of religion looks back at the political and religious conversions that informed the politician's worldview.
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A look at the forces at work in the 2020 presidential election in which Donald Trump defied pollsters again even though he lost to Joe Biden.
When Trump leaves the White House in January, many American evangelicals will feel that they've lost their protector in chief.
Were GOP incumbents able to rely on their rural supporters to fend off Democrats' growing strength in the suburbs?
Despite Trump's moral failings, his support among white religious voters has only slipped marginally. One reason is his anti-immigration stance, which is becoming more important to evangelical voters.
Polls show that a majority of evangelicals back Trump. But that hides a growing divide between enthusiasts of the president and those who question his fitness for office, argues a moral theologian.
The Republican political strategy that uses Christian language to cast Trump as a divinely appointed protector of an authoritarian Christian nation warrants more scrutiny than it's received.
The Christian right began to coalesce around social and cultural changes in the late 1970s. A scholar explains the emergence of conspiracy theories at the time.
A sociologist describes her research on online Christian sex advice sites to point out a sexual culture in which men are permitted to pursue their unusual sexual desires..
The appeal of Jerry Falwell Jr., who resigned as president of Liberty University following a sex scandal, came from his family legacy. His late father, Jerry Falwell Sr., wielded enormous influence.
The response to the sex scandal that led to Jerry Falwell Jr. resigning as president of Liberty University falls into a gendered pattern often seen among evangelicals.
A historian explains the impact of culture and American Hollywood heroes such as John Wayne who have helped fashion the ideal of a masculine Christianity.
Evangelicals used to stay out of party politics. No longer.
A Kentucky museum tells the history of the universe according to the Bible in an effort to debunk evolution. Its owner, the Christian group Answers in Genesis, promotes right-wing political causes.
In appearing with Bible in hand at the time of crisis, Trump is signaling his position as defender of traditional values, while 'othering' detractors. Russia's Putin and India's Modi have done similar things.
Many Americans imagine evangelicals as a monolithic group that supports conservative policies and always talks about their faith. Three experts found in a study that the picture is far more complex.
There are many legitimate ways to critique Donald Trump, but demonizing his voters as cult followers doesn’t help us understand why they are attracted to him and how their world view has developed.
As evangelicalism spreads across Brazil, some of Rio de Janeiro's most notorious gangs see minority religions as an affront to God. And they're using guns to spread their gospel.
Brazilian evangelicals are politically conservative, but they still believe in climate change. Turning them into climate activists, however, will be a challenge for the environmentalist movement.
Not everyone's a fan of this fundraising approach. But it does bring the needs of children in developing communities to the attention of many Americans.
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Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of American and British Studies, University of Oslo
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Researcher, Queen's University Belfast
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Full Professor, Department of Theological Studies; Member of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University
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Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Lecturer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
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Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology
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Professor and Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University
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Assistant Professor, North American Religious History, Departments of History & American Culture, University of Michigan
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Research Associate, City, University of London
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Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service and Leadership at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
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Docteur ès sciences historiques et philologiques, membre du HCAS, chercheur au CRFJ, maître de conférences HDR, Université de Strasbourg
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Associate professor, Baylor University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Oregon
