Stereotypes, Politics, and Religion in the American 					Bible Belt, 1960–2019

Ericksen, Robert P.

doi:10.13109/kize.2019.32.2.242

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“…It is outside the scope of this article to describe this background in detail. We should keep in mind, however, that Evangelicals’ connection to conservative politics has deep historical roots and has only become increasingly visible, widespread, and cemented from the latter part of the twentieth century (Sutton, 2014; Ericksen, 2019). Especially since the 1980s, the political activism of conservative Christians has become largely associated with the Republican Party (Bernstein and Jakobsen, 2010, 1028; Gorski, 2020: 82–97).…”

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The Trump Prophecies and the Mobilization of Evangelical Voters

Trangerud

2021

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

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The Evangelical vote played a major role when Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. Although various factors may explain this result, we should not overlook the influence of the alliance that emerged between Trump and leading Evangelicals during the campaign. In this article, I present four books written before and after the election that illustrate how Trump prophecies and the portrayal of Trump as a national savior were used deliberately to convince conservative Christians that voting for him was their religious duty. With the help of framing theory, I analyze this rhetorical strategy of Trump’s allies, and show how it not only has influenced Christian voters, but also the president himself

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The Trump Prophecies and the Mobilization of Evangelical Voters

Trangerud

2021

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“…Traditionally, white Evangelicals have been associated with conservative politics, and since the last decades of the 20th century this has increasingly made them an important constituency to the Republican Party (Steensland and Wright 2014;Fitzgerald 2017, pp. 291-336;Ericksen 2019). The political engagement of Evangelicals typically focus on anti-abortion, the traditional family, Christian expressions in the public sphere, the right to own guns, and a strong national defense.…”

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The American Cyrus: How an Ancient King Became a Political Tool for Voter Mobilization

Trangerud

2021

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During the 2016 presidential election, Evangelical supporters of Donald Trump presented him as a modern version of the ancient King Cyrus of Persia. To many conservative Christians, the comparison offered a justification of voting for a candidate whose character supposedly was at odds with their Christian virtues. Subsequent to his inauguration, the idea of Trump being an American Cyrus continued to develop and circulate. It is the aim of this article to deepen the understanding of Cyrus as a political tool in the West and explain how he ended up as a means to mobilize American voters. With an emphasis on the last 250 years, the article looks at how various personalities have been compared to Cyrus or presented as modern Cyruses. Based on these examples, it develops a typology, arguing that the modern Cyrus can be best understood as different types and subtypes, of which several have been applied to Trump. The article demonstrates how the various subtypes have separate evolutionary lines, which in turn can be attributed to different goals and functions.

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Stereotypes, Politics, and Religion in the American Bible Belt, 1960–2019

Cited by 2 publications

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The Trump Prophecies and the Mobilization of Evangelical Voters

The Trump Prophecies and the Mobilization of Evangelical Voters

The American Cyrus: How an Ancient King Became a Political Tool for Voter Mobilization

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