How Evangelicals Shaped American Politics

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 1, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Frances Fitzgerald joins us to discuss her book, The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America. She traces the history of the Evangelical movement in the United States, and how it's influenced our culture and politics.

Note: This segment originally aired on May 3, 2017.

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