Published July 19, 2024
The new Republican coalition on display was the most fascinating part of this week’s national convention in Milwaukee, but it was not without its challenges for conservative Christians.
Foreign policy interventionism is out. The convention stressed that economies were made for workers and not workers for the economy. Traditional social conservatism took a noticeable back seat at this convention. Little was said about debt, taxes, judges, or national defense (I do appreciate J.D. Vance giving an appreciable nod to religious liberty in his speech).
The Republican Party under former President Donald Trump includes the following coalition within its ranks: free-market conservatives, anti-woke libertarians, religious conservatives, America First nationalists, economic populists, and national security hawks. No taxonomy is perfect, and individuals can find themselves in multiple groupings. To triangulate what the shared goal would be among the disparate factions is this: a renewed consensus around American greatness and national cohesion and a repudiation of globalism, wokeism, and secular progressivism.
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EPPC Fellow Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., researches and writes about the intersection of Christian ethics, public theology, and the moral principles that support civil society and sound government. A sought-after speaker and cultural commentator, Dr. Walker’s academic research interests and areas of expertise include natural law, human dignity, family stability, social conservatism, and church-state studies. The author or editor of more than ten books, he is passionate about helping Christians understand the moral demands of the gospel and their contributions to human flourishing and the common good. His most recent book, out in May 2021 from Brazos Press, is titled Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Secular Age.
