The Evangelical Vote
Angela Hsieh
With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the president is hoping to fill the seat with a more ideologically conservative justice. And evangelical Christians, who've become a powerful conservative voting bloc, have been waiting for this moment. But how and when did this religious group become so intertwined with today's political issues, especially abortion? In this episode, what it means to be an evangelical today and how that has changed over time.
If you would like to read more on the topic, here's a list:
- American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism by Matthew Sutton
- Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism by Molly Worthen
- Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics by Marie Griffith
- Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America by Randall Balmer
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