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Journalist: Guardian, VICE. Author: Carnality, Runners High, On Fire For God: Fear, Shame and Poverty In The Christian Right (out on Pantheon 1/13/26)
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Ex-evangelical journalist Josiah Hesse recalls being 'On Fire for God' in new memoir

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By Josiah Hesse Verified
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By Journalist and author Josiah Hesse was raised an evangelical Christian in Mason City, Iowa. But he eventually left the church and the state. Hesse writes about that journey, and Mason's City's relationship with right-wing Christianity in his new memoir " On Fire for God: Fear, Shame, Poverty, and the Making of the Christian Right-A Personal History." Book excerpt: 'On Fire for God' By Josiah Hesse From "On Fire for God" by Josiah Hesse.
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How the First Ever Christian Rock Album Led to the “Jesus Movement”

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By Josiah Hesse Verified
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1977 Article continues after advertisement As Janet Chastain sat with her parents, watching Jimmy Carter’s inauguration on the living-room TV, she wanted to scream. It wasn’t that she was unhappy that Carter—America’s first evangelical president—was being sworn in on his old family Bible. At sixteen, Janet was too young to vote for him, but she had volunteered on Carter’s campaign, canvassing her neighborhood for the Democratic nominee.
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On Fire for God: Fear, Shame, Poverty, and the Making of the Christian Right—A Personal History by Josiah Hesse

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By Josiah Hesse Verified, EJ Dickson Verified, Scott Eden Verified, Khameer K. Kidia
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Josiah Hesse. Pantheon, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-553-38729-2 Journalist Hesse (Runner’s High) delivers an eye-opening account of his evangelical upbringing in Mason City, Iowa, that sheds light on a community coping with destitution, drug abuse, and spiritual despair.
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