Sacred Canopies and Special Things: Myth and Modernity in Trump’s Return

In the aftermath of Donald Trump's first presidential win, in 2016, analysts rushed to point out how many evangelicals ended up supporting this irreverent showman who claimed he had never done anything requiring forgiveness. The results laid bare how naïve people (including me) had been to think that conservative Christians would reject a man like Trump on principle. Instead, power and partisanship won out over piety as evangelicals not only looked past Trump's personal transgressions but eagerly embraced his hubristic bravado.