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Understanding Evangelical Support for Trump
Polls show that 81% of evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, constituting his single largest voting block. While business leaders abandoned Trump en masse after Charlottesville, only one evangelical leader resigned from his evangelical advisory board. Jerry Falwell Jr., president of the world's largest evangelical university, recently called Trump evangelicals' "dream president."
In this talk, Jonathan Dudley explains how born again Christians came to embrace a thrice-married casino owner as their political champion. After detailing his personal journey growing up in the evangelical Christian community, Dudley will explore the underlying religious beliefs and logic motivating evangelical support for Trump. Throughout the talk, he will explain how he himself came to see serious problems with these beliefs and illustrate ways to effectively counter them.
Jonathan Dudley is the author of "Broken Words: The Abuse of Science and Faith in American Politics", published by Random House. He grew up in the evangelical Christian community in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Donald Trump's last campaign stop during the election and a crucial region in swinging the state red. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University Divinity School, where he studied evangelical Christian political activism, and holds a medical doctorate from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His writing and political activism have been featured in the New York Times and he has appeared on CNN's Newsroom with Kyra Phillips.
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LocationPaul Mahder Gallery (View)
222 Healdsburg Avenue
Healdsburg, CA 95448
United States
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| Minimum Age: 16 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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