ColumnistBy all indications, the reluctant support by white evangelical Christians for Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton in 2016 has solidified into something like devotion. Evangelical support for key Trump policy priorities such as the border wall has jumped. Trump has understood something about evangelical Christians that many are unable to articulate themselves. The Christian faith, however, was something more and different than its most visible defenders made it out to be. Over the centuries, Christian faith (like other faiths) has been used to justify exploitation, oppression, imperialism and the persecution of minorities.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2019 22:07 UTC