How exactly did the mayor of Indiana's fourth-largest city bring to the fore a century-old divide over the nature of Protestant Christianity?
In addition to being South Bend's mayor, Pete Buttigieg is a rising presidential aspirant. He's also a practicing Episcopalian, and his political moment has hinted at the possibilities of a "religious left" motivated by Christ's good news to the poor and downtrodden.
But Buttigieg, a married gay man, has also faced pushback from the evangelical right that not only challenges his candidacy but the legitimacy of the religious tradition to which he belongs.
One of the voices leading this charge is noted NotNowButMaybeLaterTrumper, Erick Erickson, a radio host and former editor-in-chief of RedState. Erickson is a prominent conservative evangelical and is enrolled in a doctoral program at the well-regarded Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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