Summary: In this episode, Jaye contemplates her academic background and personal experiences in American evangelicalism when examining the recent focus by the mainstream media on white evangelicals. Over 80 percent of white evangelical voters supported Donald Trump in 2016, and many American evangelical leaders continue to defend Trump's rhetoric and actions, which sharply run against the very Bible evangelical doctrine states is the inerrant word of God. Are white evangelical believers being persecuted or led astray? And - is American evangelicalism redeemable? Thank you for listening! Subscribe, review, rate 5 stars, and share! Check us out online: Twitter: @potstirrercast IG: @potstirrerpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/ Website: http://potstirrerpodcast.com Citations: Johnson, Elizabeth Wynne. 2018. "Kentucky Votes to Ban Child Marriage." National Public Radio. March 16. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/16/594253182/kentucky-votes-to-ban-child-marriage (March 18, 2018) Higgins, Michelle, Edmonson, Christina, and Ekemini Uwan. 2017. "Facts About Lecrae." Truth's Table. September 30. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/truths-table/id1212429230?mt=2 (March 18, 2018) Robertson, Campbell. 2018. "A Quiet Exodus: Why Black Worshipers are Leaving White Evangelical Churches." The New York Times. March 9. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/us/blacks-evangelical-churches.html (March 18, 2018) "United States Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls." United States Department of State. March 2016. https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/254904.pdf (March 18, 2018) Music: Raga Rage composed by Noisy Oyster provided by freesoundtrackmusic.com Midsummer Night's Dream composed by Mendelssohn
