Purity, Nationalism, and Whiteness: The Fracturing of Fundamentalist Evangelicalism. Issue 4 (February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Herrmann, Andrew F.
• Other Names: Poulos Christopher N. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: International review of qualitative research. Volume 13:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 414
• Page End: 432
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Subjects: ChurchToo -- Exvangelical -- gender -- narrative -- misogyny -- racism -- science -- Trump -- Christianity; Qualitative research -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; Social justice -- Periodicals; Qualitative research; Social justice; Social sciences -- Research; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 001.42
• DOI: 10.1177/1940844720937813
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-8447

Abstract

Fundamentalist evangelicalism is an intricate grand narrative based upon the interrelated concepts of end times' eschatology and purity. These two concepts created the conditions by which white evangelicals abandoned their traditional moral rhetoric and overwhelmingly helped elect Donald Trump. However, the eschatological and purity concepts have also created the conditions by which evangelicalism is fracturing along racial and gender lines. This article, written by a former evangelical fundamentalist, looks at the grand narrative and the ruptures occurring within the culture, including the #ChurchToo movement and the rise of the #Exvangelicals.