How the evangelical church became so political, according to a pastor’s son

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<p>Journalist Tim Alberta was raised in the evangelical church and is a practicing Christian. But he&rsquo;s grown increasingly concerned about how entrenched politics has become in the evangelical movement. In his latest book, <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-kingdom-the-power-and-the-glory/id6445634752" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism</em></a>, Alberta lays out the state of the evangelical church today and its shift toward the cultural and political fringes. Below are excerpts from Alberta&rsquo;s interview with <em>Apple News In Conversation </em>host Shumita Basu.</p>