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Last of the Middlebrow Protestants

January 9th, 2025 | 5 min read

By Tyler Hummel

Two years ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with a representative of a national prayer organization in Washington DC while attending that year’s Mere Anglicanism conference in South Carolina. While we were talking, I wanted to ask him a pointed question, “Are politicians sincere in their faith?” A politician, almost by definition, is someone who lies more than they breathe, and it can be very hard to tell when a self-described “Christian” politician sincerely cares about their faith or just wants to virtue signal. 

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Tyler Hummel

Tyler Hummel is a freelance critic and journalist, the Fall 2021 College Fix Fellow, and a member of the Music City Film Critics Association.