From King Cyrus to Queen Esther: Christian Zionists’ discursive construction of Donald Trump as God’s instrument
When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential elections with the help of 81 percent of self-identified white evangelicals, liberal commentators, relying on folk-conceptions of religion that privileged concepts like morality and belief, struggled to understand how someone who seemed to lack both could...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
[2020]
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Critical research on religion
Jahr: 2020, Band: 8, Heft: 2, Seiten: 115-137 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
USA
/ Evangelikale Bewegung
/ Zionist Christian Church
/ Trump, Donald 1946-
/ Gott
/ Werkzeug
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christentum und Politik CH Christentum und Gesellschaft KBQ Nordamerika KDG Freikirche KDH Christliche Sondergemeinschaften |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Barack Obama
B Discourse Analysis B philosophy of history B Donald Trump B Christian Zionism B 2016 Presidential Election |
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| Zusammenfassung: | When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential elections with the help of 81 percent of self-identified white evangelicals, liberal commentators, relying on folk-conceptions of religion that privileged concepts like morality and belief, struggled to understand how someone who seemed to lack both could garner such support. Since then scholars have provided various explanations, relating to Christian nationalism evangelical appeals to authoritarianism, and straightforward racism. This article aims to expand this discussion by analyzing the way that evangelical Christian Zionists have supported Trump by rhetorically identifying him as God’s instrument on account of his support for Israel and withdrawal of the United States from the Iran Nuclear Deal. In addition to analyzing the process by which Trump is constituted as God’s instrument, the article also demonstrates more generally how religious discourse functions as a legitimating discourse for those who seek to gain, or maintain, positions of power. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303220924078 |