New book ‘The Exvangelicals’ explores why many Americans are leaving the church | PBS NewsHour

"I grew up with the impression that we were sort of a small, kind of persecuted minority. And that is a theme in many ways comes from the Bible, this idea that, if you follow God, you will be persecuted, just as Christ was persecuted. 

What I didn't realize growing up as an evangelical kid was that I was part of a massive subculture, a giant movement that was close to one in four Americans during my adolescent years, at least, and that had a huge and outsized political influence on this country and still does in many ways. 

So that sense of embattlement and persecution, I think a lot of it goes to the fact that white Christianity used to be the dominant culture really in this country. And it's increasingly on the decline, for a whole bunch of reasons, some of which just have to do with increasing diversity..."

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