US Evangelicals: From Prophecy to Policy

Author(s): Cora Alder, Emanuel Schäublin
Editor(s): Linda Maduz
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Volume: 8
Issue: 11
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Place: Zurich

Many evangelicals draw on Biblical prophecies about the apocalypse in order to shape US policies. Multilateral solutions to global problems need to recognize and constructively include such worldviews, argue Cora Alder and Emanuel Schäublin in this CSS Policy Perspective. Furthermore, under the Trump administration, white evangelicals have had unprecedented access to the White House and the presidency has made Biblical references part of its political language. In the coming decade, the positions, demands and worldviews of evangelicals and other Christians will continue to shape the US stance on global issues.

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