

When The Wolves Came
Meanings of Democracy Lab
Over the last decade, large swaths of evangelicals in the U.S. have embraced an extremist politics that threatens to turn our democracy into a theocracy. Through the eyes of one pastor in Phoenix, WHEN THE WOLVES CAME shows how some evangelicals are banding together to fight back – and how their efforts can fit into a bigger movement to defend democracy in the U.S.Hosted by Dr. Ruth Braunstein, When The Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism is a six-part audio documentary launching March 4 that follows this story. About Dr. Braunstein: Ruth Braunstein is an award-winning sociologist who studies religion, politics, and money. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, where she leads the Meanings of Democracy Lab, which researches the growing resistance to Christian Nationalism. As part of this work, she created and hosts the audio documentary When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism. Her forthcoming book, My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America, explores how taxpaying has become a moral battleground in public life.WhenTheWolvesCame.org
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the When The Wolves Came podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Disarming Leviathan
Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor

#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Jesus and John Wayne
How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Money, Lies, God, Inside the American Movement to Destroy Democracy

#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Color of Compromise
The Truth About the American Church and Racism
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The False White Gospel
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes