Pros And Cons Of A Christian Evangelical

Green brought up the speech that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivered in 2015 during the Women in the World Summit. At that time, she said Americans’ religious beliefs have to be changes. The Hobby Lobby CEO fears that a Clinton presidency would force

David Gushee spoke about the 2016 Presidential Election and how religion has played a role in the current outcome of Donald Trump as the GOP nominee. White Evangelicals specifically have played a crucial role in this outcome. Gushee explained why Donald Trump appeals to Evangelicals in comparison to other elections. He also spoke about the other GOP candidates and why, from a religious perspective, they did or did not appeal to voters. Gushee did mention the Democratic Party, focusing on Bernie Sanders Jewish background and Martin O’Malley’s Catholic background. He very briefly touched on Hillary Clinton’s religious background.

Even Robertson agrees with the fact that judging a candidate based off of their religious beliefs is no way to unprofessional way to elect them. Continuing on I don’t think fundamentalists are fit for presidency because of their authoritarian traits.

Carter’s religious needs conduct his policy choices because religion is at the core of his belief system. (Aronoff 433).

This year’s presidential election is facing much controversy. The evangelicals are a vote candidates strive to earn along with many other special interest groups. Donald Trump, the nominee for the Republican party, met with prominent evangelical leaders of America on June 22, 2016 to discuss many of the issues that he will face if elected president. It was a closed conversation that included Jerry Falwell Jr., David Jeremiah, Ben Carson, Franklin Graham, and other evangelical leaders. In the conversation, Donald Trump gains the vote of evangelical leaders and their followers not through his extensive knowledge or political background, but by appealing to their emotions, using precise and compelling language, and convincing the audience that

Many people fear politics, regardless of this fear christians need to have an active role in politics, and should be influencing the domestic and international community with their roles. With the founding of the country christians adopted basic biblical rules and used them as the foundation for what our country has become. Recently, the Christian community has turned to attacking foreign groups and those who differ in opinion.Jim Wallis, in his article “Iraq: Humility Is the Best Option” does a wonderful job of explaining why the United States should try approaching terrorism with a humble attitude. I admire the attempts of the christian individuals and politicians who are attempting to deliver this message. Unfortunately, I do not think

" I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every Southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. We have some eighty-five affiliate organizations all across the South, one being the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.” Through this quote, he presents himself as a religious figure. Through that, he will be seen a trustworthy and as a moral figurehead. Through this quote, ”We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied." We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our God-given and constitutional rights.” He appeals to the moral side of the audience, arguing that they have waited too long for their rights to be given to them and that if they aren’t fighting for justice, then they are contributing to the problem. He references historical figures who are associated with morality and common sense, therefore, associating his actions with those traits. “Was not Jesus an extremist in love? -- "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you."...Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? -- "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free." Was not Thomas Jefferson an extremist? -- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Through this, he is able

Furthermore, emphasizing the influence of President’s secret religiosity on the politics of the country may well be part of a larger regard to view religion as, entirely, a private task, rather than a common enterprise. However, civil religion in U.S Presidential rhetoric still represents the republican tradition of the Declaration of Independence, and it is important in shaping the policy and political rhetoric guide of the Americans in choosing their candidates. It also attributes to the American sense of exceptionalism which is the belief that the United States is chosen by God. This idea was emphasized in one of the preacher Billy Graham’s sermons, who argued that, the desire of September 9/11 would come to be seen as ‘a day of victory’,

For some people, Sanders’ line of questioning borders on being a religious test. Sen. James Lankford

Over 40 evangelical leaders wrote a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, expressing their support for Secretary of Environmental Protection Agency nominee Scott Pruitt.

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence recently told conservative Christians that he will help his running mate Donald Trump restrict abortion rights.

“Conservative evangelicals who had returned to the Democratic Party in 1976 now defected back to the Republican Party, solidifying a trend in the making.” The Religious Right had effectively crystallized a general trend in the electorate. After the election of 1980, the Religious Right became “synonymous with the GOP in popular imagination” and socially conservative values became synonymous with the conservative movement. Despite the dissolution of the organizations that comprised the Religious Right later in the 1980s, its influence on conservatism in America had solidified and, until this day, has remained a decisive factor in both local and national

Well, I hope you see where I am coming from on this issue. I don’t know if this particular subject with religion intertwining in politics will ever get resolved, but I hope we see improvement soon. It’s an important topic for me and I am guessing most people, so I am excited to see the progress on this topic in the

It was starting to look as if politics were beginning to become more secular. As it is well known, after Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson carried out the rest of Kennedy’s term, and then ran for reelection in 1964. Johnson, a left-leaning Democrat found himself up against Barry Goldwater from the right-minded Republican Party. Early on in the 20th century, many of Protestant denominations had adopted progressive, social reformist doctrines, that many people still value to this day. Despite being Protestant, Goldwater’s platform took a much more conservative approach. This ended up backfiring on him, however, as many Christian publications stated that they opposed Goldwater’s policies. He was further stigmatized by the religious publication The Christian Century as turning his patriotic rhetoric into “religious nationalism.” To make matters worse for Goldwater, in October of 1964, less than a month before the general election, 725 Episcopalian clergy and laymen from forty-one states signed a resolution accusing him of “a transparent exploitation of racialism.” Richard Nixon, a Republican and ex-Vice President at the time, claimed that these allegations were “the most vicious in political history.” As a result, Lyndon Johnson won the 1964 election in an unprecedented landslide victory, with Barry Goldwater only winning six states: his native Arizona, and five states in the heart of the Bible Belt (Kosmin 1993:174-5). While religious leaders in the end

Religion is a big motivator for whether or not people are voting. When there are big issues on trial that go against your beliefs there is a greater desire for you to voice your opinions and be heard. Voters that identify with Christian rights have a higher turnout rate and vote more frequently since there is almost always a religious issue up for