In this episode, Jonathan talks to American evangelical James Stamoolis about the evangelical movement in America, including its embrace of Trump, the loss of millennials, media constructs and distortions, the problem of defining evangelicals, cultural influence and its loss, the appeal of Trump, the need for evangelical revival and the myth of 1950s America.
Dr James Stamoolis has been a missionary, worked for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students and the World Evangelical Fellowship, served as a dean at Wheaton college and was a senior vice-president and dean at Trinity International University.
The Political Animals is hosted by Jonathan Cole, an academic, writer, speaker and translator who specialises in political theology: the intersetion of religion and politics. He is the author of Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent: Mediating Scripture, Doctrine, and Political Reality. You can follow Jonathan and the show on Twitter and Facebook.