J.D. Vance – an outlandish faith

Fathoming the byzantine thinking processes of pro-Trump religious zealots may or may not be aided by reading VP J.D.Vance’s latest book Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith. Described by a Times review as “part rant, part sermon, a contradictory, self-righteous, angry, humourless and slightly sinister mess of a book.”  With divorced parents and a drug addict mother, he was brought up in part by his grandparents, with his grandmother holding to fervent beliefs, including