Jerry Falwell Jr.

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Fallwell Jr. (2016)

Jerry Lamon Falwell Jr. (born June 17, 1962 in Lynchburg , Virginia ) is an American lawyer. Shortly after the death of his father, Jerry Falwell , he became rector of Liberty University in May 2007 . In early 2017, US President Donald Trump appointed him chairman of a commission to reform the United States Department of Education .

Life

Fallwell Sr. (1984)

Falwell Jr. was born to American fundamentalist Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell and his wife Macel, a housewife who also served as organist in her husband's church. Fallwell Jr. has a sister, Jean Ann "Jeannie," who is about two years his junior, and a brother, Jonathan , who is about four years his junior and who heads the father's first mainstay, Thomas Road Baptist Church . In mid-1989, Falwell Jrs. first son to be born in 2016 at his father's university.

Education and career

Fallwell Jr. initially attended various private schools in the greater Lynchburg area. He received a BA in Religious Studies from his father's college . He then studied at the University of Virginia law , which he graduated with a Juris Doctor from.

After his father's death in May 2007, Falwell Jr. became rector of Liberty University . He had to give up this office in August 2020 after a sex affair.

In 2012, Falwell Jr. met Donald Trump while giving his speech at Liberty University . In retrospect, he said he was immediately impressed with Trump. In the run-up to the Republican presidential primaries, Falwell Jr. began campaigning for Trump. This was followed by many of his followers on the religious right does not appreciate because Trump lifestyle indifferent with two divorces and Trump's stance on the abortion question is not compatible with the set of values of the religious right. He gave a speech on graduation day at the 2016 Republican National Convention , where Trump was named candidate. At the end of January 2017 it was announced that he would be appointed by US President Trump to chair a commission for the “reform” of the United States Department of Education .

He also had to step down after a sex scandal became known in August 2020.

ideology

A cornerstone Falwell Jrs. Its position in the Christian right is its prioritization of nationalism over Christian mission . In an interview with Mormon preacher Glenn Beck, he said:

“If we don't hang together we'll hang separately, I mean, that's what my father believed when he formed Moral Majority, [it] was an organization of Mormon's, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, people of no faith. And there are bigger issues now, we can argue about theology later after we save the country. "

“If we are not connected, everyone depends , I mean, my father believed when he founded the Moral Majority, an association of Mormons, Catholics, Protestants, Jews and people without faith. And there are bigger problems at the moment, we can argue about theology later after we have saved the country. "

- Jerry Falwell Jr .: Interview with Glenn Beck

Fallwell Jr. advocates libertarian gun legislation. In the Chronicle of Higher Education he was accused of spreading Islamophobia .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Quoted in: Leslie Dorrough Smith: Righteous rhetoric: sex, speech, and the politics of concerned women for America . Oxford University Press, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-933750-7 , p. 127.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NN: Macel Falwell, widow of the Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., dies at 82 . In: Richmond Times-Dispatch: . October 16, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Macel Falwell, Melanie Hemry: Jerry Falwell: his life and legacy . Howard Books, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-4165-8028-7 , p.
  3. ^ William H Brackney: The A to Z of the Baptists. . Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Lanham 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-7071-0 , 978-1-282-52177-3, p. 210, (accessed February 2, 2017).
  4. ↑ a b Brandon Ambrosino: A Tale of Two Falwell Brothers . In: Politico Magazine . July 21, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Spiegel-Online August 25, 2010: Star preacher and Trump supporter. Archconservative on leave after scandal photo and affair
  6. ↑ Spiegel-Online August 27, 2020: Jerry Falwell Jr. sex scandal. Trump's false prophet
  7. ↑ a b Will Drabold: Jerry Falwell RNC Speech: What to Know on Evangelical Leader . In: Time . July 21, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ Goldie Blumenstyk: Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Will Lead Federal Task Force on Higher-Ed Policy . In: The Chronicle of Higher Education . January 31, 2017. Accessed February 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ faz.net August 25, 2020: Sex scandal costs Christian university director Jerry Falwell Jr. the post
  10. ↑ Jerry Falwell Jr .: Trump's evangelicals man has a problem in Seuddeutsche.de , accessed on August 29, 2020
  11. ^ Leslie Dorrough Smith: Righteous rhetoric: sex, speech, and the politics of concerned women for America . Oxford University Press, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-933750-7 , pp. 127ff.
  12. ↑ derived from a quote by Benjamin Franklin: We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately
  13. ↑ Glenn Beck, Jerry Fallwell Jr .: Glenn interviews Jerry Falwell Jr. . In: Glenn Beck . June 25, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  14. ^ Liam Stack: President of Liberty University Urges Students to Get Gun Permits . In: The New York Times . December 5, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2017.
  15. ↑ Eboo Patel: How Jerry Falwell Jr. Is Spreading Islamophobia . In: The Chronicle of Higher Education . Retrieved February 1, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Falwell, Jerry Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falwell, Jerry Lamon junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Lynchburg , Virginia