Evangelicals in the Age of Political Extremism: With Tim Alberta [Rebroadcast]

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Michael Steele speaks with best-selling author Tim Alberta about his book, "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism." The pair discuss how Christian values in America have become enmeshed in MAGA politics, how the purpose of the Church has been misinterpreted, what Tim observed on the American Restoration Tour and what being a Christian means to him.

Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Power-Glory-Evangelicals-Extremism/dp/006322688X

If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to leave a review or share it with a friend!

Follow Tim Alberta @TimAlberta
Follow Michael @MichaelSteele
Follow the podcast @steele_podcast
Follow The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the Michael Steele podcast. I'm Michael Steele. That will be me. I'm joined today by
0:06.8	Tim Alberta. He's a hell of a writer and hell of a good guy. Like Tim a lot. He's a staff
0:14.8	writer for The Atlantic, the former chief political correspondent for Politico. Oh, let's, what else?
0:22.6	Oh, he's just an author of the New York Times bestseller American Carnage
0:26.6	on the front lines of the Republican Civil War and rise of President Trump.
0:30.6	His latest book is what we're going to get into and is a doozy.
0:35.6	The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, American Evangelicals in an age of
0:40.6	extremism. Those of you who listen to the podcast know how I feel about today's mixing,
0:47.5	the toxic mixing of religion and politics. His book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory gets into that full board.
0:57.1	He brings credentials to the table, folks, as a practicing Christian evangelical. He investigates
1:05.0	the corruption of American Christianity and why so many evangelical Christians support Donald Trump.
1:11.8	Despite everything that they know about the man, he's their Moses.
1:18.3	Reporting from inside and outside, hundreds of churches, Christian colleges, religious advocacy
1:24.6	organizations, denominational nonprofits, et cetera.
1:30.3	He's found a way to crack that code a little bit and to help us understand just a little bit more
1:37.3	what's going on here and what is accounting for Christianity's decline. My conversation with the one and only,
1:47.2	Tim Alberta, coming up next on the Michael Still podcast.
2:00.2	Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Michael Still podcast. I am so glad you're, everybody, welcome to the Michael Steel Podcast.
2:02.9	I am so glad you're, look, all I got to say is, you know, get your gin and tonic, get your bourbon, get a glass of milk or a cup of coffee, whatever, whatever floats your boat, you want to settle in for this conversation because I'm excited to welcome Tim Alberta to the podcast. Welcome,
2:20.3	man. Good to have you back in the neighborhood. Mr. Chairman, thank you. It's good to be here.
2:25.3	And I would, you know, I would advise maybe something stiffer than milk for this conversation because,
2:33.3	oh boy, by the time, by the time we're done,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Bulwark, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Bulwark and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.