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Faith and Values in the Midterm Elections
November 10, 2022
Faith emerged on the campaign trail in surprising and not-so-surprising ways.
Jack Jenkins
Faith on the Campaign Trail November 10, 2022
Religion News Service national religion reporter Jack Jenkins talks about the races where faith and religion emerged in surprising and not-so-surprising ways. From Pennsylvania to Georgia and Arizona to the national ReAwaken America tour, Jenkins talks about new tactics as well as new divisions among the growing tent that is embracing Christian nationalism. 

Jack Jenkins, reporter with Religion News Service, and author of American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country.


American Prophet. Courtesy HarperOne

American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics
and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country

HarperOne
Robert P. Jones Ph.D.
The 2022 American Values Survey November 11, 2022
Robert P. Jones, Founder, and President of the Public Religion Research Institute joins us to talk about the findings from the 2022 American Values Survey.  The opening pages of the report highlight the overall dissatisfaction Americans feel.  While nearly three-quarters of Americans agree “that the country is heading in the wrong direction,” there is no consensus on how the nation should move forward. Jones describes in detail how this divide is partly shaped by diverging beliefs about gender and perceptions of threat. 

Robert P. Jones Ph.D. CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute and a leading scholar and commentator on religion, culture, and politics. He is the author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity and The End of White Christian America, which won the 2019 Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

You can read more about the 2022 American Values Survey here.


White Too Long, Simon & Schuster
White Too Long
Simon & Schuster





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