Evangelicals & Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’ Speech

Evangelical support for Ronald Reagan’s resolve against the Soviet Union was crucial to America’s winning the Cold War. Today, March 8, marks the 40th anniversary of President Reagan’s “Evil Empire” speech to the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), a key moment for evangelicals and Reagan. Reagan gave that speech because he knew that evangelical support was politically essential. He also knew that American strength against the Soviet Union and against communism was especially important to evangelical Christians.

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