As an exvangelical, I can tell you Christian Nationalism and anti-Communism are two sides of the same coin. The GOP takes advantage of the religious devotion of the fundamentalists to push their agenda. I wouldn’t say this was because the Soviet Union fell, but I think it’s at least partially because it existed in the first place.
As an exvangelical, I can tell you Christian Nationalism and anti-Communism are two sides of the same coin. The GOP takes advantage of the religious devotion of the fundamentalists to push their agenda. I wouldn’t say this was because the Soviet Union fell, but I think it’s at least partially because it existed in the first place.
100% There was a whole lot of it being pushed in response to the USSR’s existence. IIRC that’s when “under God” got added to the pledge, for example