Ex-vangelicals
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
After reporting on state/church separation in Alabama, Florida and Arizona, and on blasphemy, book banning and abortion, we hear the optimistic song "Workin' on a World" by Iris DeMent. Then, we speak with NPR Correspondent Sarah McCammon about her new book The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.
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| 2:04.5 | In the second half of today's show, we're going to talk about ex-vangelicals. Those are people who |
| 2:10.5 | have left evangelical Christianity. NPR correspondent Sarah McCammon, who is herself a former evangelical Christian, will tell us |
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