FOR almost 80 years the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship has aspired, in the words of its first president, to take a “definite stand for Christ on the campus.” Yet in August the student body dropped the word “evangelical” from its name. It had become “misunderstood” by students, its current boss said. “There might be certain assumptions that all evangelicals are Republicans”.
That would not be unreasonable, given that 81% of self-identified white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump and, amid the shambles of his presidency, they remain his most devoted fans. But it is easy to see why some Princetonians might find that hard to stomach. Ever since the founding of Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority in 1979, white evangelicals have justified their pre-eminent role in American politics in part by standing for high moral character in public office. That is not a standard Mr Trump meets. Yet there were also encouraging exceptions to this depressing capitulation by white evangelicals,...Continue reading
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