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Who Was the First Christian President?
According to the way evangelicals define Christianity it's not at all clear that we had a "real Christian" President until Andrew Jackson. Christian Nationalists are largely comprised of conservative evangelicals. Understandably, they have a hard time accepting the first half dozen Presidents weren't Christians (it doesn't bode well for a "Christian America" reading of history). Yet, not all conservative evangelicals are Christian Nationalists. Indeed, Christianity Today relies on the work of Gary Scott Smith, a notable evangelical scholar, in constructing a chart that suggests the first real Christian President was Andrew Jackson.
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