Episode Two: Litmus Test

There are three major factors that drove White Evangelical voters to support and endorse Donald Trump in the 2016 election. In this episode, we address abortion.

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Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a professor of history at Calvin University and the author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.

Randall Balmer is a professor of religion at Dartmouth College and the author of Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter.

Daniel Williams is a professor of history at West Georgia University and the author of The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship.

Angie Maxwell is a professor of Southern studies at the University of Arkansas and the author of The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics.

In His Name is produced by Matthew Moore, with help from Rick Stockdell.

Music throughout this episode is courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions.Theme song is "In Your Name" by Tyson Motsenbocker.