Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind
Winner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Silver Medal

In Red State Christians, readers will get an honest look at the Christians who gave the presidency to the unlikeliest candidate of all time. Veteran journalist Angela Denker spent a year traveling across the United States, interviewing the Evangelical Christian voters who supported the Trump presidency and exploring how their voting block continues to influence the landscape of modern conservative politics. From booming, wealthy Orange County megachurches to libertarian farmers in Missouri, to a church in Florida where the pastors carry guns, to an Evangelical Arab American church in Houston, to conservative Catholics on the East Coast—the picture Denker paints of them is enlightening, at times disturbing, but always empathetic.

In this expanded edition, Denker reflects on the lasting impact of the Trump presidency, the Christian white nationalism it emboldened, the 2020 election and transfer of power, and the subsequent insurrection at the United States Capitol. A must-read for those hoping to truly understand what Trumpism means for the 2020s and beyond.

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Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind
Winner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Silver Medal

In Red State Christians, readers will get an honest look at the Christians who gave the presidency to the unlikeliest candidate of all time. Veteran journalist Angela Denker spent a year traveling across the United States, interviewing the Evangelical Christian voters who supported the Trump presidency and exploring how their voting block continues to influence the landscape of modern conservative politics. From booming, wealthy Orange County megachurches to libertarian farmers in Missouri, to a church in Florida where the pastors carry guns, to an Evangelical Arab American church in Houston, to conservative Catholics on the East Coast—the picture Denker paints of them is enlightening, at times disturbing, but always empathetic.

In this expanded edition, Denker reflects on the lasting impact of the Trump presidency, the Christian white nationalism it emboldened, the 2020 election and transfer of power, and the subsequent insurrection at the United States Capitol. A must-read for those hoping to truly understand what Trumpism means for the 2020s and beyond.

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Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind

Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind

by Angela Denker
Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind

Red State Christians: A Journey into White Christian Nationalism and the Wreckage It Leaves Behind

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Winner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Silver Medal

In Red State Christians, readers will get an honest look at the Christians who gave the presidency to the unlikeliest candidate of all time. Veteran journalist Angela Denker spent a year traveling across the United States, interviewing the Evangelical Christian voters who supported the Trump presidency and exploring how their voting block continues to influence the landscape of modern conservative politics. From booming, wealthy Orange County megachurches to libertarian farmers in Missouri, to a church in Florida where the pastors carry guns, to an Evangelical Arab American church in Houston, to conservative Catholics on the East Coast—the picture Denker paints of them is enlightening, at times disturbing, but always empathetic.

In this expanded edition, Denker reflects on the lasting impact of the Trump presidency, the Christian white nationalism it emboldened, the 2020 election and transfer of power, and the subsequent insurrection at the United States Capitol. A must-read for those hoping to truly understand what Trumpism means for the 2020s and beyond.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781506482507
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 08/16/2022
Pages: 319
Sales rank: 124,867
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rev. Angela Denker is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a veteran journalist. Her first book, Red State Christians, was the silver winner in political and social sciences for the 2019 Foreword Indies Book of the Year awards. She is a columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune and has written for many publications, including Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post, and Fortune magazine. She has also appeared on CNN, BBC, SkyNews, and NPR. Pastor Denker lives with her husband, Ben, and two sons in Minneapolis, where she is a sought-after speaker on Christian nationalism and its theological and cultural roots.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2022 Edition xix

Introduction 1

1 Christian Nationalism and Fourth of July Church in Dallas, Texas 7

2 He Will Save the Supreme Court: Abortion 41

3 God and Guns 57

4 Bibles and Boob Jobs: The Money and Influence of Orange County Christians 79

5 Young, Free-Thinking, and Pro-Trump: Midwestern Farm Families in Rural Missouri 107

6 Winners and Losers: Trump, Football, and Christianity 123

7 The Evangelical Intelligentsia: What about "Establishment" Christians? 147

8 Evangelical Women and Donald Trump: Who's Grabbing Whom? 167

9 Less Conservative, More Consequential: Rural Rust Belt Red State Christians in Appalachia and Central Pennsylvania 193

10 Conservative Catholics: Building a New American Kingdom and Defying the Pope 215

11 Red State Arabs: Christians, Muslims, and Evangelicals in Houston 245

12 On the Border: Donald Trump and Latinx Christians 265

Conclusion 287

Conclusion to the 2022 Edition 297

Acknowledgments 307

Notes 313

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