Recommended Resources

Articles

…pertaining to Christian voters, political tribalism, and incongruities between faith and politics.

  • The White Elephants In The Room
    by Gene Demby & Shereen Marisol Meraji.  The Code Switch,
    Episode 1: Can We Talk About Whiteness?
    ; NPR.org. Nov. 18, 2020.

Books

  • De La Torre, Miguel A., ed. Faith and Reckoning After Trump. Mark-knoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2021.
  • Du Mez, Kristin Kobes. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. Liveright, June 8, 2021).
  • Fea, John. Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump. Eerdmans, 1st ed., June 28, 2018.
  • Gorski, Philip S., and Samuel L. Perry. The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
  • Gushee, David P. Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies. Wm. B Eeedmans Publishing Co., 2023.
  • Kimball, Charles. When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs. New York: HarperCollins, 2003.
  • Pally, Marcia. White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism: How Did We Get Here? Routledge, May 5, 2022.
  • Whitehead, Andrew, L., and Samuel L. Perry. Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.

Blogs

Videos

 

Podcasts

  • Faith, Politics, and Polarization – Episode 108: the Bible for Normal People.
    Podcast hosts, Pete Enns and Jared Byas interview political commentator and columnist, Pete Wehner, about the mixing of faith and politics.
    Nov. 18, 2019