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SUMMARY:"The Exvangelicals" by Sarah McCammon
DESCRIPTION:“The Exvangelicals” will be presented by Sarah McCammon at the Sunday\, August 17\, 2025\, meeting of the Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville\, 2:30 – 4:00 pm. Sarah will be live by Zoom for presentation and Q&A. Because of technical support limitations\, It will be a Zoom only meeting. All are welcome to attend. \nSarah will talk about the growing social movement of people leaving the church from her March 2024 NYTimes Bestseller book: “The Exvangelicals”. \nThe Exvangelicals is the story of a rising generation of the children of evangelicalism\, including Sarah herself\, who are growing up and fleeing the fold\, who are thinking for themselves and deconstructing what feel like the “alternative facts” of their childhood. Part memoir\, part investigative journalism\, Sarah describes the post-evangelical movement: identifying its origins\, telling the stories of its members\, and examining its vast cultural\, social\, and political impact. \nGrowing up in a deeply evangelical family in the Midwest in the ‘80s and ‘90s\, Sarah McCammon was strictly taught to fear God\, obey him\, and not question the faith. Persistently worried that her gay grandfather would go to hell unless she could reach him\, or that her Muslim friend would need to be converted\, and that she\, too\, would go to hell if she did not believe fervently enough\, McCammon was a rule-follower and—most of the time—a true believer. But through it all\, she was increasingly plagued by fears and deep questions as the belief system she’d been carefully taught clashed with her expanding understanding of the outside world. \nAfter spending her early adult life striving to make sense of an unraveling worldview\, by her 30s\, she found herself face-to-face with it once again as she covered the Trump campaign for NPR\, where she witnessed first-hand the power and influence that evangelical Christian beliefs held on the political right. \nSarah McCammon\, an award-winning journalist and National Correspondent for NPR\, where she covers political\, social\, and cultural divides across the United States. Her reporting often explores the intersections of politics and religion\, reproductive rights\, and other deeply personal issues that shape our national conversation. \nNow living in Washington DC\, Sarah has reported from Georgia\, Iowa\, and Nebraska\, and served as NPR’s lead political reporter on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. She has earned multiple awards\, including honors from the Atlanta Press Club\, the National Press Club\, and the Gracie Awards. \nSarah was raised in a conservative evangelical Christian home in Kansas City\, a rule-follower and—most of the time—a true believer. But she was increasingly plagued by deep questions as the belief system she’d been carefully taught clashed with her expanding understanding of the outside world. \n 
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