White evangelical political positions contradict their own scriptural and reform heritage

Evidence

How is a ruthless exclusionary policy toward immigrants and refugees in any way consistent with scriptural mandates to welcome the stranger and treat the foreigner as one of your own? How does environmental destruction and indifference to climate change honor God’s creation? One of evangelicals’ signature issues in the nineteenth century was support for “common schools” because they provided a boost for the children of those less fortunate; Trump’s secretary of education (who professes to be an evangelical) spent her adult life seeking systematically to undermine, if not destroy, public education. — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 175

Categorization

• XREF: Recalls the earlier chapters’ portrait of nineteenth-century evangelical reformers (abolitionism, common schools) whose agenda the Religious Right has abandoned. — connects to: White Christian nationalist policy positions lack a biblical basis — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 43; White Christian nationalism explains seemingly contradictory Christian political behavior — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 17; The Christian label often masks tribal politics among secular whites — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 55 (+2 more)
• ADDENDUM: Catches the thread from ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ about Christianity being historically adaptable and internally contested — here shown as current evangelicals’ selective scriptural reading.

Related

• White evangelical quietism is a tactic that flips when power shifts (similarity 0.80)
• White evangelicals reversed their stance on immoral public leaders within five years (similarity 0.80)
• White Christians supported Trump despite his apparent moral violations (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• White evangelicals reversed their stance on immoral public leaders within five years #exemplifies (0.85) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 605
• White Christian nationalist policy positions lack a biblical basis #corroborates (0.78) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 43
• White Christian nationalism explains seemingly contradictory Christian political behavior #expands (0.75) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 17
• The Christian label often masks tribal politics among secular whites #corroborates (0.72) — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 55
• White evangelical quietism is a tactic that flips when power shifts #expands (0.70) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 294