[Faith] Episode 53: Sarah McCammon - The Politics of Evangelicalism

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The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with NPR Politics reporter Sarah McCammon about the political influence of evangelicals and their support for Donald Trump. They explore how fear, cultural identity, and political strategy shape evangelical politics; the Republican Party’s relationship with religious voters; and the shifting demographics of Trump’s base. Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-53-sarah-mccammon-the-politics-of-evangelicalism/ Watch this episode on YouTube → https://youtu.be/6EHScJQOdBM Mentioned in This Episode Books: God’s Stories as told by God’s Children comes out March 25th! The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon Join: The Society of Normal People community Support: www.thebiblefornormalpeople.com/give ********** This episode is sponsored by Greenlight. Greenlight is a debit card and money app made for families: parents can send money to their kids and keep an eye on kids’ spending and saving, while kids and teens build money confidence and lifelong financial literacy skills. Sign up for Greenlight today at greenlight.com/normalpeople. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Faith for Normal People, the only other God ordained podcast on the internet.
0:04.8	I'm Pete Ends.
0:05.5	And I'm Jared Baez.
0:06.4	We've been working on our children's Bible for over a year, and it's a project we are extremely
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0:31.8	deeply respectful of children's imagination and intelligence, God's stories as told by God's
0:36.6	children is the storybook Bible you'll wish you had when you were a kid. God's stories as told by God's children is the storybook Bible
0:38.0	you'll wish you had when you were a kid. It contains stories from over 50 contributors,
0:42.8	and these biblical scholars, theologians, and practitioners represent diverse religious
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0:55.2	Bible, Apocrypha, the New Testament, including age-appropriate information about the history
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1:08.8	children, allows parents to introduce children to their
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1:26.1	Today on Faith for Normal People, we're talking about the politics of evangelicalism
1:29.8	with Sarah McCammon. Sarah's a national political correspondent for NPR and co-host of the NPR
1:36.2	Politics Podcast. Her work focuses on political, social, and cultural divides in America,
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