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Trump’s Victory Is Good News for Religious Believers, by R. R. Reno – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Trump’s Victory Is Good News for Religious Believers, by R. R. Reno

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: We Have Only Done Our Duty

November 12, 2024

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November 12, 2024

YouTube Screenshot. The Inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, Pres. Donald Trump. Uploaded: Jan 20, 2017

By R. R. Reno, Editor, First Things, Nov. 7, 2024

Religious believers breathed sighs of relief on Wednesday morning. Religious liberty was not a significant issue in the Trump campaign. But there can be no doubt that his administration will accommodate religious dissent, instead of using legal and bureaucratic pressure to enforce conformity to progressive dogmas, as did the Obama and Biden administrations.

However, there are deeper reasons for religious believers to be happy with the election outcome. Three generations ago, Theodor Adorno and a team of social scientists published The Authoritarian Personality (1950), a book that claimed to identify characteristics of people who endorse authoritarian demagogues. Among these characteristics were the acceptance of traditional moral norms, especially concerning sex and family life, and the willingness to follow the orders of authority figures. Although the study did not target religious believers, by this account, a faithful Christian who adheres to the Bible’s moral teaching and recognizes God’s authority as supreme would be considered a “proto-fascist.” …