Evangelical Christianity and politics - the elephant in the room

[The Larch]

I get the feeling that the "problem" with those conservative Americans that convert to Catholicism is that they don't understand the evolution of the Catholic Church itself, mostly the post- 2nd Vatican Council era. They just want the trappings of traditionalism and grandeur.

[crazy canuck]

A very interesting read on this topic in the NYTimes today

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/christian-nationalists-capitol-attack.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

One of the take-home points is that evangelical right wing extremists are here to stay and we can see why the GOP won't risk that block of voters by taking on Trump.

Many of those I contacted for this column described Whitehead and Perry's book, "Taking America Back For God," as the most authoritative study of Christian Nationalism.

The two authors calculate that roughly 20 percent of adult Americans qualify, in Perry's words, as "true believers in Christian nationalism." They estimate that 36 percent of Republican voters qualify as Christian nationalists. In 2016, the turnout rate among these voters was an exceptionally high 87 percent. Whitehead wrote that "about 70 percent of those we identify as Christian nationalists are white."