Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again

Name: Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book explores how polarised interpretations of America\u2019s past influence the present and vice versa. A focus on competing Protestant reactions to President Trump\u2019s \u2018Make America Great Again\u2019 slogan evidences a fundamental divide over how America should remember historical racism, sexism and exploitation. Additionally, these Protestants disagree over how the past influences present injustice and equality. The 2020 killing of George Floyd forced these rival histories into the open. Rowley proposes that recovering a complex view of the past, confessing the bad and embracing the good, might help Americans have a shared memory that can bridge polarisation and work to secure justice and equality.