{"id":1994,"date":"2018-04-30T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2018-04-25T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T20:20:16","slug":"evangelicals-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2018\/04\/30\/evangelicals-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complexity of Evangelicals in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This month many celebrated Easter Sunday, symbolizing the resurrection of Christianity’s most prominent figure, Jesus. In this context, we find ourselves reflecting on the rise of the U.S. evangelical movement and the individuals who constitute its membership. Most recently progressives criticized evangelicals for their support of Donald Trump, who received <\/span>over 80 percent of the evangelical vote<\/span><\/a> despite his lack of religious practice, and his purported incidents of sexual misconduct. Sociological research provides a complicated picture of evangelicals in the United States and their beliefs. <\/span><\/p>\n

The evangelical movement emerged during the mid-twentieth century and quickly gained popularity among conservative Whites in the 1990s. The core belief of evangelicalism, which has its roots in fundamentalism, lies in its assertion of the Protestant Bible as God\u2019s actual word. Evangelicals see the Bible as the ultimate authority over moral matters and believe it cannot be contested. Their mission seeks to convert non-believers to Christianity so they may see Jesus as their savior and save their souls from eternal damnation.<\/h5>\n