Red State Christians — Angela Denker

Angela is a pastor and journalist compelled to help people connect with their political other. Her experience as a political moderate who lives in an urban setting and pastors in a rural setting, as well as her life story, led her to the research and writing of Red State Christians in the wake of Donald Trump’s election. Deeply self-aware of her social location and the communities she is called to, Angela speaks about the need to live with both dissonance and discernment - acknowledging the need to let the dissonance we experience when we are close to our political other shape and grow us and allow the Spirit to work within us.

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• Download the free Peace & Politics Practice Guide: https://globalimmerse.org/podcast
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• Conflicted Allegiance: https://globalimmerse.org/public-programs/conflicted-allegiance/
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• Angela’s Website: https://www.angeladenker.com/

• Buy Red State Christians: https://www.angeladenker.com/current-projects

• Follow Angela on Twitter: https://twitter.com/angela_denker

Angela Denker's Bio:

Angela Denker is a Lutheran pastor and veteran journalist. She's written for many publications, including Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, and FORTUNE magazine. Denker has appeared on CNN, BBC, and SkyNews to share her research on politics and Christian Nationalism in the U.S. Her book, Red State Christians: Understanding the Voters who elected Donald Trump, was the 2019 Silver Foreword Indies award-winner for political and social sciences. 

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