When The Wolves Came
by Meanings of Democracy Lab
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<p>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.</p><p><strong>Hosted by Dr. Ruth Braunstein, <em><u>When The Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism</u></em> is a six-part audio documentary launching March 4 that follows this story. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>About Dr. Braunstein: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ruthbraunstein.com/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ruth Braunstein</a> 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 Natio