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

Jan 11, 2024 29 min

About this episode

Journalist Tim Alberta was raised in the evangelical church and is a practicing Christian. But he’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">The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism</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’s interview with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu.

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