Is It a Secularization?

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The message preached by evangelical Christians and other Orthodox communities of faith is more out of step with the direction of the culture than would have been the case in the 1950s. The Democratic parties embrace of LGBTQ politics has moved the party away from a position where you feel like it can be compatible with your Christian faith, he says.

Why we can’t understand this moment in politics without first understanding the transformation of American evangelicalism.

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