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Coptic martyrdom in Egypt is utilized by American Christian conservatives in imagining themselves as victims in a global Christian persecution, and places American Copts into a relation with them; a kinship forged through spilt blood. Yet in other contexts of everyday life in the United States, American Copts are varyingly otherized.
Jun 21, 2021 · Craig Keener. The top verse associated with Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016 was 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my ...
Apr 14, 2023 · They really believe, deep in their bones, Trump is a messiah, our last great hope, and that all the opposition leveled against him is nothing more than a Satanic attack on God’s man. This has reminded me of the power of mixing religion and politics. Throughout history, when political leaders can convince people they have a divine right to ...
- Brandan Robertson
May 8, 2023 · Trump actually lost Iowa Evangelicals (and the Iowa caucuses) to Ted Cruz in 2016, but won an astonishing 81 percent of self-identified white Evangelicals nationally in the 2016 general election ...
Sep 29, 2020 · Read: The Christians who loved Trump’s church stunt. Reached for comment, a White House spokesman said that “people of faith know that President Trump is a champion for religious liberty and ...
Feb 3, 2021 · The Trump presidency was a catastrophe for American Christianity. David French on the crisis within the evangelical movement. By Sean Illing @seanilling sean.illing@vox.com Feb 3, 2021, 11:00am ...
May 27, 2017 · Copts believe in the Ten Commandments and practice sacraments such as baptism, confession and confirmation and the intercession of the saints. But the Coptic Orthodox Church split from other Christians in 451 A.D. over a dispute about the nature of Christ. Unlike Roman Catholics, they do not believe in papal infallibility or purgatory.
