Of Foils & Scapegoats: Evangelicals & Partisanship

March 9th, 2012 | 6 min read

There is no more of a popular and easy target for young evangelicals to skewer than a church wedded to political conservatism. Simply recounting the charts, the statistics, and the angst fueling the movement would prove unhelpful because of its sheer volume.

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Andrew Walker

Andrew T. Walker is an Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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Of Foils & Scapegoats: Evangelicals & Partisanship

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