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This is Fresh Air, I'm Tanya Mosley, and today my guest is Sarah McCammon.

She's a national political correspondent for NPR,

and she's written a new book called The Ex-Vangelicals,

Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church. This book is a deep dive into the social movement

of mostly young people who have left evangelical Christianity.

The book is also part memoir. McCammon counts herself as an ex-Vangelical.

She grew up in Kansas City, Missouri in the 80s and 90s and was taught to fear

God and never question the faith. Some of her first memories are in the church, being

saved at age two and baptized at eight.

But as McCammon grew older,

she couldn't ignore how much of what she was taught

was in contrast with her expanding worldview.

The 2016 presidential election of Donald Trump became a

flashpoint where McCamman covered not only the growing support of Trump but also

the rising generation of young evangelicals who also feel disillusioned with the church and what they were

taught about the world growing up. In addition to being a correspondent,

Sarah McCammon is also a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. She covers the political, social, and cultural divides in America, including abortion policy and the intersections of politics and religion.

Sarah McCammon, welcome to Fresh Air.

Thanks so much for having me.

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