Evangelical Politics & More: A Conversation with Greg Coates

This week, we feature a conversation with author, religious scholar and PhD candidate Greg Coates. We discuss his evangelical youth, his time in China, his book, and of course, Donald Trump. Follow Exvangelical on Twitter @exvangelicalpod. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/exvangelicalpod. Follow Blake on Twitter @brchastain. Show Notes: Greg's book, Politics Strangely Warmed: Political Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Strangely-Warmed-Political-Theology/dp/1498201563 Bookmark Greg's blog: http://gregcoates.blogspot.com/ Follow Greg on Twitter: @GregoryRCoates. John Howard Yoder's book, The Politics of Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Jesus-John-Howard-Yoder/dp/0802807348 Wikipedia entry on Stanley Hauerwas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley\_Hauerwas Pew Research Study on white evangelical support of Trump: http://www.pewforum.org/2016/07/13/evangelicals-rally-to-trump-religious-nones-back-clinton/ Randall Ballmer's article, "The Real Origins of the Religious Right:" http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133 Randall Ballmer's book, The Making of Evangelicalism: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Evangelicalism-Revivalism-Politics-Beyond/dp/1602582432/ref=sr\_1\_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470671642&sr=1-5 Intro Music: "The Fleecing" by Pedro the Lion https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fleecing/id572010959?i=572010962 Outro Music: "Hard to Be" by David Bazan https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hard-to-be/id718735084?i=718735089--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exvangelical/support

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