Charismatic Christianity and U.S. Politics

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In this episode of Spirit & Power: “Election Predictions for November 5th (and beyond)’” Dr. Leah Payne is joined by Elle Hardy, an independent journalist who has followed the neo-charismatic movement around the globe and documented it in her book, Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World, and returning guests Dr. Flavio Hickel Jr., Dr. Erica Bryand Ramirez, and Karrie Gaspard-Hogewood. Less than a week away from a highly anticipated election day, how will charismatics and Pentecostals in the United States make their voices known on November 5th and in the days that follow? This week’s guests make their 2024 election predictions.

Resources & Links:

Flavio Hickle Jr. 

• Born-again Christians are less Southern Baptist than they used to be
• Some Latinos say immigrants hurt their social status, research shows
• “The Future of “Born-Again Evangelicalism” Is Charismatic and Pentecostal,” Fanhao Nie, Ph.D., Flavio Rogerio Hickel Jr., Leah Payne, Tarah Williams, Ph.D. for the Public Religion Research Institute
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Erica Ramirez

• The Christian sect that has always cheered on Donald Trump 
• Church-Hopping In Texas
• The real ghouls? The Evangelical Voter 

Elle Hardy

• Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World
• Demons be gone: meeting America’s new exorcists
• Australian Christian group fights claim it was linked to leader of Kenya starvation massacre doomsday cult
• The Right-Wing Christian Sect Plotting a Political Takeover
• The Sexual Abuse Scandal That’s Engulfed the Evangelical Movement
• The Global Rise of Narco-Pentecostalism   

Leah Payne

• The Trump Shall Sound: Politics, Pentecostals, and the Shofar at the Capitol Riots
• President Trump’s Hidden Religious Base: Pentecostal-charismatic Celebrities with Erica Ramirez
• God Gave Rock and Roll to You: a History of Contemporary Christian Music 

Karrie Gaspard-Hogewood

• Analysis in The Guardian, the Washington Post, and Religion News Service.

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