Bunker USA: How Trump became a messiah for America’s “least understood” Christians — with Tim Alberta.

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Donald Trump commands extreme support from evangelicals in America – despite seemingly lacking Christian values. How has this support developed and endured? Dr Seth Thévoz is joined by Tim Alberta, journalist and author of the book The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, to discuss. “There is a caricature of the evangelical, flag waving Trump republican which isn’t always accurate.” – Tim Alberta “Evangelicals view Trump as the ultimate brawler. He can fight for them in ways that are not beholden to Christian virtues and heritage. It is a great irony.” – Tim Alberta https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and Presented by Seth Thévoz. Assistant Producer: Adam Wright. Audio Production: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Artwork: James Parrett. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.4	a week I'm Seth Tibble. One of the well-worn tropes of American politics is the idea of the
1:25.9	evangelical right, the so-called moral majority backing the Republican Party on a range of
1:31.8	Christian conservative issues and holding politicians
1:34.8	to a series of religious purity tests. But these are strange times. The politician who dominates
1:40.5	Republican politics today is Donald Trump.
1:44.0	biblical virtues like charity, patience, kindness and humility
1:48.0	don't immediately come to mind with Trump.
1:51.0	So how have so many evangelical Christians Christians come to embrace Trumpism?
1:55.0	Here to shed some light on this is award-winning journalist and best-selling author Tim
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