Ron Sider has gathered an impressive group of contributors for what I believe will be a very important and much needed new book, The Spiritual Danger of Donald Trump: 30 Evangelical Christians on Justice, Truth and Moral Integrity.
The book becomes available on June 1st from Wipf & Stock publishers (also the publisher of my next book about Israel-Palestine). I have already pre-ordered my copy, and I am anxious to dig into it.
While the partisan political blindness of the “Court Evangelicals” (to use the extremely apt term coined by historian John Fea, professor at Messiah College) has gone a long way towards identifying the evangelical label with their own far-right, Christian nationalism, this new book is a much needed antidote to their hijacking of the movement.
Here is the publishers’ description:
What should Christians think about Donald Trump? His policies, his style, his personal life?
Thirty evangelical Christians wrestle with these tough questions. They are 
Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. They don’t all agree, but they seek to let Christ be the Lord of their political views. They seek to apply biblical standards to difficult debates about our current political situation.
Vast numbers of white evangelicals enthusiastically support Donald Trump. Do biblical standards on truth, justice, life, freedom, and personal integrity warrant or challenge that support? How does that support of President Trump affect the image of Christianity in the larger culture? Around the world? Many younger evangelicals today are rejecting evangelical Christianity, even Christianity itself. To what extent is that because of widespread evangelical support for Donald Trump?
Don’t read this book to find support for your views. Read it to be challenged—with facts, reason, and biblical principles.
With contributions from:
Michael W. Austin
Randall Balmer
Vicki Courtney
Daniel Deitrich
Samuel Escobar
John Fea
Irene Fowler
Mark Galli
J. Colin Harris
Stephen R. Haynes
Matt Henderson
Christopher A. Hutchinson
Bandy X. Lee
David S. Lim
David C. Ludden
Ryan McAnnally-Linz
Steven Meyer
Napp Nazworth
D. Zac Niringiye
Christopher Pieper
Reid Ribble
Ronald J. Sider
Edward G. Simmons
James R. Skillen
James W. Skillen
Julia K. Stronks
Chris Thurman
Miroslav Volf
Peter Wehner
George Yancey
Please, order your copy now, and help to make this book an important factor in educating the church:
- to regain its footing in the gospel of Jesus Christ, rather than Republican politics
- to live as citizens of the kingdom of God, rather than “culture warriors” eager to destroy their enemies
- to prioritize the poor, the needy, the sick, and the disadvantaged, rather than the opulent corporate enrichment policies of president Trump, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Shumer
- to work as true peace-makers, at home and around the world, rather than cheering on the global war-mongers, happy to expand American Empire at the expense of destroying others
