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__**A nuanced look at the rhetorical narratives used by conservative Republicans and evangelicals to make both personal and political choices**__ As a political constituency, white conservative evangelicals are generally portrayed as easy to dupe, disposed to vote against their own interests, and prone to intolerance and knee-jerk reactions. In Decoding the Digital Church: Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump, Stephanie A. Martin challenges this assumption and moves beyond these overused stereotypes to develop a refined explanation for this constituency’s voting behavior. This volume offers a fresh perspective on the study of religion and politics and stems from the author’s personal interest in the ways her experiences with believers differ from how scholars often frame this group’s rationale and behaviors. To address this disparity, Martin examines sermons, drawing on her expertise in rhetoric and communication studies with the benefits of ethnographic research in an innovative hybrid approach she terms a “digital rhetorical ethnography.” Martin’s thorough research surveys more than 150 online sermons from America’s largest evangelical megachurches in 37 d
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- Author
- Stephanie Ann Martin
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press; First Edition, First
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780817320843
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Christian, History, Religion
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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