Red State Christians

Red State Christiansicon

A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind

by Angela Denker

Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Publication
Aug 16, 2022
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
No
Price
19.99
Dimensions
6 x 9 in
ISBN
9781506482507
Pages
319
Age
Adult 18+
Category
General Nonfiction

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Description

Winner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Silver Medal

In Red State Christians, readers 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-read for those hoping to truly understand what Trumpism means for the 2020s and beyond.

Awards & Endorsements

America Magazine
"Some readers will differ sharply with Denker over her political and theological views--as I do in some respects--but her intrepid forays of empathy show us how these very differences can be met with love rather than with bitter, downwardly spiraling enmity." 

Author(s)

Angela Denker

Angela Denker

Rev. Angela Denker is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a veteran journalist. Her first book, Red State Christians, was the silver winner in political and social sciences for the 2019 Foreword Indies Book of the Year awards. 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. Pastor Denker lives with her husband, Ben, and two sons in Minneapolis, where she is a sought-after speaker on Christian nationalism and its theological and cultural roots.

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