Studying Evangelicalism: A Conversation with Leslie Garrote

Currents in Religion

In this episode, Zen speaks with Leslie Garrote about American Evangelicalism: its history, the challenges of studying a living religious movement, and best practices.

Leslie is currently a PhD student in Baylor's Religion Department. She is a Hispanic Theology Initiative scholar and a recipient of the Louisville Institute's doctoral fellowship.

Leslie's Recommended Readings:

• Mark Noll's A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada
• Darren Dochuck's From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism
• Daniel Vaca's Evangelicals Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America
• Kristen Kobes Du Mez's Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
• Anthea Butler's White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

Read Leslie's Anxious Bench essay here: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2024/07/what-black-women-bloggers-can-teach-american-evangelicals/

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