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The political power of white Evangelicals; plus, Biden and the Black church

The political power of white Evangelicals; plus, Biden and the Black church

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For decades, Evangelicals have propped up Republican presidents.
And while church attendance has fallen across the board,
Evangelicals are still making waves politically; they just helped
deliver Trump a historic win in the Iowa caucus. But the political
bent of Evangelicals begs for closer inspection because white
Americans who align with Trump are more likely to start identifying
as Evangelical, even if some of them no longer sit up in the pews.
NPR Political Correspondent Sarah McCammon joins the show to dig
into host Brittany Luse's question: are Evangelicals now a
religious group or a political one?

Then, after calls for a ceasefire interrupted President Biden's
speech at Mother Emanuel AME Church, many people denounced the
protest saying that it was not the right time or place. But
Brittany wonders; if not there, then where? She sits down with Dr.
Anthea Butler, religious scholar and chair of the department of
Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, to dive into
the roots of political activism within the Black church. They also
look at the complicated relationship between Democrats and the
Black church.

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