In 2016, I attended Trump rallies around the country to witness the role played by religion. Back then, the candidate was taken as living proof of what’s known as the prosperity gospel, not so much concerned with saving society as it is with getting right with God by getting rich. Show your faith in His blessings, as revealed in the opulent lives of His anointed preachers, and good fortune will trickle down. Like Trump, the prosperity gospel is transactional. Quid pro quo, a deal with God: affluence (or the dream of it to come) in return for unquestioning belief.
