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John fea why study history6/19/2023 Now in paperback and as insightful as it is timely, Fea’s Believe Me challenges Christians to replace fear with hope, the pursuit of power with humility, and nostalgia with history. 2 Mark Sidwell, Providentialism and the Teaching of History, BJU Press. An evangelical Christian himself, Fea argues that the embrace of Donald Trump is the logical outcome of a long-standing evangelical approach to public life defined by the politics of fear, the pursuit of worldly power, and a nostalgic longing for an American past. John Fea, Why Study History, (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013), Available from: Liberty University Online Bookshelf. Historian John Fea is not surprised, however-and in these pages he explains how we have arrived at this unprecedented moment in American politics. And to the surprise of many, a good 80 percent of white evangelicals have believed Trump-at least enough to help propel him into the White House. Whether about building a wall or protecting a Christian heritage, the refrain has been constant. “Believe me” may be the most commonly used phrase in Donald Trump’s lexicon. A historian’s discerning, critical take on current American politics
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