• CleverOleg [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Yes, but it’s all dialectical. Very recently, that decline in white evangelicalism seems to be a bit arrested. Anecdotally, the most rabidly political churches seem to be doing better in the wake of COVID. I do think those churches are attracting some reactionary, unchurched white Americans. Granted, the overall movement may lose 2 people for every 1 they gain with a far-right political message, but that may lead to a smaller but increasingly psychotic evangelical Christianity that is hell-bent on Christian nationalism.

    I believe the principal contradiction within White Evangelical Christianity is between the broader, more non-confrontational evangelicalism that - while still quite reactionary and right-wing - is keenly interested in growing their numbers and this Christian nationalist, hyper-politicized Evangelicalism that doesn’t care about overall numbers but does want to attract others who want to implement their political vision by any means. The former side is currently dominant, but the later is the emerging side.