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In an earlier post<\/a>, our editor Andre E. Johnson,<\/a> suggested that conservative evangelicals are engaging in theological cognitive dissonance<\/i> as they struggle to support \u201cMormon\u201d Mitt Romney over \u201cChristian\u201d Barack Obama. Evangelicals declare that they could not vote for someone who does not share their faith tradition, yet they are lining up behind the Romney candidacy. We thought it would interest our readers to see how some conservative evangelicals handle this theological dissonance and the rhetorical strategies many use to support someone who they believe is antithetical to their faith tradition.<\/p>\n

1. Why This Conservative Evangelical Counter-Cult Expert Will Vote for Romney<\/a><\/p>\n

2. How Can I Vote for a Mormon?<\/a><\/p>\n

3. If You\u2019re An Evangelical Who Doesn\u2019t Like Mormons, You Should Still Be Outraged At This<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Why Evangelicals Can Support Mitt Romney<\/a><\/p>\n

5. A Christian Skeptical of Romney Reviews \u201cWhy Evangelicals Should Support Romney \u2013 And Feel Good About It!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Why Romney can, and should, win evangelical vote<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Ralph Reed: Conservatives Excited About Mitt Romney Because He Flip-Flopped On Abortion<\/a> <\/p>\n

8. Has Romney won over evangelicals?<\/a><\/p>\n

9. Prominent African-American Southern Baptist Condemns Mormonism as Racist<\/a><\/p>\n

10. Evangelicals and Romney: Politics Trumps Theology?<\/a><\/p>\n

11. Evangelicals for Mitt (website)<\/a><\/p>\n

12. When Baptists Voted for a Heretic<\/a><\/p>\n

13. Can Romney ace the evangelical Christian base?<\/a><\/p>\n

14. Romney, Republican evangelicals and the Mormon thing<\/a><\/p>\n

15. Romney Can Win Even By Talking About His Faith<\/a><\/p>\n

16. Romney\u2019s \u201cFriends:\u201d I\u2019m Mormon, Not Christian; Extreme Wealth Inequality is Good <\/a><\/p>\n

17. Religious Conservative, Gary Bauer, Calls for All Pro-Lifers to Embrace Pro-Lifer Romney<\/a><\/p>\n

18. A poll: Romney, Republican evangelicals and the Mormon thing.
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19. Romney Campaign Building Relationships With Evangelical Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n

20. This evangelical says Mormonism isn\u2019t a cult<\/a><\/p>\n

21. Mitt Romney and Evangelical Voters: An Arranged Marriage
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22. What Happened to Romney\u2019s \u201cEvangelical Problem\u201d?<\/a><\/p>\n

23. Romney\u2019s Problem<\/a><\/p>\n

24. Will \u2018Teavangelicals\u2019 turn the Obama\/Romney tide?<\/a><\/p>\n

25. Mitt Romney\u2019s Current Focus: The Conservative Evangelical Base<\/a><\/p>\n

26. Why Mitt Romney Sits Uneasy On A Conservative Saddle<\/a><\/p>\n

27. Some \u2018teavangelicals\u2019 won\u2019t vote for Romney because he\u2019s Mormon<\/a><\/p>\n

28. Mitt Romney\u2019s Disappearing \u201cEvangelical Problem\u201d
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29. Fear Factor: The Conservative Christian Crusade Against Mormonism <\/a><\/p>\n

30. Romney Romances Religious Right <\/a><\/p>\n

31. \u201cFor the Sake of the Gospel\u201d Group Willing to Have \u201cSafe Politics\u201d with Mitt Romney.<\/a><\/p>\n

32. The Weakness of Romney\u2019s Right<\/a><\/p>\n

33. Poll: Romney may see an evangelical \u2018enthusiasm gap\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an earlier post, our editor Andre E. Johnson, suggested that conservative evangelicals are engaging in theological cognitive dissonance as they struggle to support \u201cMormon\u201d Mitt Romney over \u201cChristian\u201d Barack Obama. Evangelicals declare that they could not vote for someone who does not share their faith tradition, yet they are lining up behind the Romney […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nEvangelicals In Defense of Romney: A Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In an earlier post, our editor Andre E. 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