Vessel, Messiah, Warrior: Donald Trump in Evangelical Christian Narratives

Willenbrink, Hank

doi:10.5325/ecumenica.14.2.0221

Hank Willenbrink

University of Scranton

HANK WILLENBRINK is a scholar/artist whose essays have been published in Theatre Journal, Contemporary Theatre Review, Theatre Forum, Response, and online at The Lark and HowlRound. He teaches theatre at The University of Scranton.

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In 2016 and 2020, a record number of evangelical Christians supported the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency. This essay investigates key evangelical narratives that contribute to the understanding of Trump by evangelical Christians, such as The Trump Prophecy, a 2018 feature film. In so doing, this essay unpacks major themes like Trump's connection to Cyrus the Great and his “prophetic” election in order to understand better how evangelical Christian discourse has constructed the forty-fifth president as a Christian nationalist hero.

Donald Trump, evangelical Christianity, The Trump Prophecy, The Faith of Donald J. Trump

2021

The Pennsylvania State University

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