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What's a "Minnesota Lutheran"?

What's a "Minnesota Lutheran"?

Thoughts on a different kind of political-religious creature

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Chris Gehrz
Aug 13, 2024
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In terms of the relationship between religion and politics, the 2024 presidential election offers four candidates who have little in common, beyond the fact that not one is an evangelical Protestant. Donald Trump was raised on Norman Vincent Peale and has spent far more time “dialing up religious dog whistles” among Christian nationalists than going to …

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