Brian Kaylor, Ph.D., is a Baptist minister, an award-winning writer, and a regular media commentator on issues of religion, politics, and communication. He is the author or coauthor of five books on religion and politics: Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism; Vote Your Conscience: Party Must Not Trump Principles; Sacramental Politics: Religious Worship as Political Action; Presidential Campaign Rhetoric in an Age of Confessional Politics; and For God’s Sake, Shut Up! He regularly blogs at wordandway.org. Follow him on X at @BrianKaylor.