A good question.
As of December 2016, I
don't really know. On the one hand the Christian Right turning to Trump seems
like a defeat of their principles and thus to some extent a self-inflicted
death-wound to their movement.
On the other hand it
would already seem that Trump isn't going to be what everyone thought he was.
He's already reneged on so many things and instead of 'draining the swamp' he's
filling his cabinet with Establishment figures. Instead it seems like we're just
going to get a crass and tacky version of the Right-wing that we saw under GW
Bush and maybe even Reagan.
If he panders to the
Christian Right they may feel a sense of entitlement, even reinvigoration and
you might indeed see Dominionism surging within the Church and culture.
If he falls into scandal
and openly betrays his supporters and disappoints the Christian Right, it may
reignite the serious schism that was developing within their ranks... that
suddenly seemed to evaporate or at least fade into the background just a month
ago when he won the election.
I'm just as curious as
anyone to see what happens. My expectations are mostly in the pessimistic
direction, but I do have some hope, that maybe a small group of Christian
Rightists will be awakened (so to speak) to the morass and filth they have been
imbibing and which has entrapped them. Some (I hope) will see the Christian
Right for what it is and I can only hope that when they go searching for
answers and a way out that they won't get pulled into something else... Rome,
Eastern Orthodoxy, Liberal/Emergent Christianity or something else.
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