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The New Evangelicals Podcast

101. The Wreckage Christian Nationalism Leaves Behind // with Dr. Angela Denker

The New Evangelicals Podcast

Tim Whitaker

News, Religion & Spirituality, Politics, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Angela Denker, journalist, minister and author of the book Red State Christians: A Journey Through Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind, sits down with Tim to discuss the research from her updated book. Angela explains her background and how she went from a Sports Reporter, to a Lutheran minister, to author. Tim and Angela discuss her book and how she defines Christian Nationalism. Tim and Angela discuss what she means by the wreckage that Christian Nationalism left behind. Lastly, Tim and Angela discuss how to address Christian Nationalism. Get tickets to our live podcast event! Check Out Bibliotheca Follow us on Instagram: @thenewevangelicals Support Our Work Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey friends, before I get to the intro for this week's episode, two quick things.

0:04.3

First, I am aware that since we turned our ad platform on, you might have heard an ad that does not really

0:10.6

fit the work that we do do like answers in Genesis or certain

0:13.7

political candidates we are working on tweaking that so thank you for the

0:16.9

feedback keep it coming and second of all today Monday tickets go on sale

0:21.9

for our first ever in-person podcast event with April, Joy, and Mike from Mad Priest coffee in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

0:28.6

So make sure you click on the link in our show notes and pick up tickets.

0:31.6

I cannot wait to see you all on December 16th.

0:34.0

It's going to be a you today.

0:54.1

All right, this episode of the podcast,

0:56.2

I have, drum roll please, Reverend Angela Denker. That's right, Reverend Angela Denker.

1:05.0

She wrote a book called Red State Christians,

1:07.7

A Journey into White Christian Nationalism

1:10.0

and The Reckage it leaves behind.

1:11.4

She is a Reverend ordained in the Lutheran tradition.

1:15.0

And I brought her on to talk about her book.

1:16.5

It's actually very fascinating.

1:18.2

She talked, well, I'll leave it for her to describe.

1:20.9

But the book is really helpful.

1:22.0

Just to understand some of the

1:23.3

ideologies that went into the 2016 Trump vote. We talk about the future of

1:27.8

Christian nationalism and also the term glory. Like there's a theology, a theology of glory is what Angela calls it. That was very

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