Bonus - Trump and the Religious Right w/ Matt Avery Sutton (Preview)
About this episode
Danny and Derek discuss evangelical support for Donald Trump and the influence of the religious right in U.S. politics with historian Matt Avery Sutton.
Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek welcome to the show historian Matt Avery Sutton to talk about evangelical support for Donald Trump and the power of the religious right in U.S. politics. They discuss Trump as a religious figure, the religious right’s ascendance, race and abortion in Republican politics, Christian apocalypticism, fears of the Antichrist, conservative Catholic converts, Christian Zionism, and whether an alliance with Trump will weaken the evangelical movement. Read Matt’s book Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity. Note: This episode was recorded May 15, 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison
Guest: Matt Avery Sutton
Topics covered
- evangelical support for Trump
- religious right in U.S. politics
- Christian apocalypticism
- race and abortion in Republican politics
- Christian Zionism
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity
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