MAGA and the National Memory Divide

Realms of Memory

Across the political divide Americans view each other with ever deepening sentiments of distrust and suspicion. Historian Matthew Rowley argues that the absence of shared memories of a national past fuels this polarization and the rise of violence in American politics. In Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again, Rowley looks at what the published work of American Protestants from across the political spectrum reveals about the challenges and possibilities of forging a common narrative that could bridge the current divide.