Deconstructing White Evangelical Politics

One of the most important questions in American politics and culture is this: Is white Evangelical politics primarily a product of consistent theological conviction or primarily a product of culture, tradition, and history? I single out white Evangelicals because they are both the most important constituency in Republican politics and increasingly outliers in their political views. If they're outliers because of consistent theological conviction, then so be it. Their (increasingly) lonely stands become a collective version of Martin Luther's famous declaration, "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise."