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Winner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Silver Medal
In Red State Christians, listeners will get an honest look at the Christians who gave the presidency to the unlikeliest candidate of all time. Veteran journalist Angela Denker spent a year traveling across the United States, interviewing the Evangelical Christian voters who supported the Trump presidency and exploring how their voting block continues to influence the landscape of modern conservative politics. From booming, wealthy Orange County megachurches to libertarian farmers in Missouri, to a church in Florida where the pastors carry guns, to an Evangelical Arab American church in Houston, to conservative Catholics on the East Coast—the picture Denker paints of them is enlightening, at times disturbing, but always empathetic.
In this expanded edition, Denker reflects on the lasting impact of the Trump presidency, the Christian white nationalism it emboldened, the 2020 election and transfer of power, and the subsequent insurrection at the United States Capitol. A must-listen for those hoping to truly understand what Trumpism means for the 2020s and beyond.
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“[Denker’s] intrepid forays of empathy show us how these very differences can be met with love rather than with bitter, downwardly spiraling enmity.”
— America Magazine
“Denker etches a vivid and revealing picture of the moral bargains struck by evangelical Christian Americans.”
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Angela Denker is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a veteran journalist. . She is a columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune and has written for many publications, including Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post, and Fortune magazine. She has also appeared on CNN, BBC, SkyNews, and NPR. She is a sought-after speaker on Christian nationalism and its theological and cultural roots.
Rebecca
Gallagher is an acclaimed voice-over artist with experience in commercials and
audiobook narration. She was nominated for an Audie Award in 2010.