Believe Me
The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump
by John Fea
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Pub Date Jun 28 2018 | Archive Date Jun 28 2018
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Description
A historian’s discerning, critical take on current American politics
“Believe me” may be the most commonly used phrase in Donald Trump’s lexicon. Whether about building a wall or protecting a Christian heritage, the refrain has been constant. And to the surprise of many, a good 80 percent of white evangelicals have believed Trump—at least enough to help propel him into the White House.
Historian John Fea is not surprised, however—and in Believe Me he explains how we have arrived at this unprecedented moment in American politics. An evangelical Christian himself, Fea argues that the embrace of Donald Trump is the logical outcome of a long-standing evangelical approach to public life defined by the politics of fear, the pursuit of worldly power, and a nostalgic longing for an American past.
As insightful as it is timely, Fea’s Believe Me challenges Christians and non-Christians alike to replace fear with hope, the pursuit of power with humility, and nostalgia with history.
Advance Praise
“John Fea’s timely and sobering book shows convincingly how legitimate concerns from white evangelical Protestants about a rapidly secularizing American culture metastasized into a fear-driven brew of half-truths, fanciful nostalgia, misplaced Christian nationalism, ethical hypocrisy, and political naiveté—precisely, that is, the mix that led so many white evangelicals not only to cast their votes for Donald Trump, but to regard him as a literal godsend.”
-Mark Noll
It has been obvious that religion influences our politics, but what John Fea understands is that politics has had a major influence on Christianity. In Believe Me, Fea takes evangelicalism seriously, treating it with the honest respect it deserves. He also manages to help us understand American politics in a much clearer way that will not only help us process the past, but chart our course forward. I highly recommend this book to all who remain confounded by the state of faith and politics today.
-Michael Wear, Author of Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780802876416 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
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