Christian Nationalists Could Put Trump Back in the White House: Expert [Video]

As we head into one of the most significant election years the nation has faced in recent history, David Gushee, a Baptist pastor and professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University, warns that democracy itself is facing a grave threat from an unlikely source: his fellow Christians.

In his latest book, “Defending Democracy from its Christian Enemies,” Gushee examines why the Christian right in America has been so powerfully seduced by authoritarian ideology from prominent GOP leaders like Donald Trump and why, if we’re not vigilant about the threat he represents, Americans could be ushering in a democracy-free future with open arms.

What prompted you to look into Christian nationalism, authoritarianism, and democracy for your latest book?

This book responds to a crisis that I see, especially in the US — but not only here — and that is that democracy itself is losing support, either explicitly or implicitly, and that a lot of the people who are …