Hello, it's pub day!

Thank you and a small request

It’s here! The Exvangelicals is out in the world! It’s been so much fun to hear from friends who are seeing it show up at their homes or pop up in their audiobook or e-book feeds. Thanks to so many of you for your kinds words and support.

Me, in New York late last year to record my audiobook/Photo by St. Martin’s Press

I have a quick favor to ask!

If you like the book, would you please rate it on Goodreads and/or Amazon? Thank you!

Also, if you’re in the D.C. area, I’d love to see you this evening at 7 p.m. at Politics & Prose on Connecticut Ave N.W. I’ll be in conversation with my brilliant colleague Michel Martin, taking questions, and signing books.

A few highlights from recent press:

• Today in Axios, Sara Goo writes, “McCammon adds an essential, human dimension to political chatter and analysis that often lumps all "evangelicals" as a static, monolithic voting block. And for those unfamiliar with the culture of the community, it presents a vivid picture of what this still powerful group wants society to be under a Trump-led presidency.”

• Writing for Baptist News Global, Greg Garrett calls The Exvangelicals “a marvel of reportage and memoir, joining powerful recent works by Russell Moore and Tim Alberta in chronicling the drift of white evangelical Christians in the pursuit of political and cultural power and the need to construct a useable faith in the face of that tradition’s failures.”

• The Fast Politics podcast with Molly Jong-Fast featured an interview about the book yesterday. Molly is just so much fun to talk to, and it was a lively conversation.

• My episode of Fresh Air with Tonya Mosley aired yesterday and is live online now. Tonya asked thoughtful, probing questions, and caused me to reflect on many things including the ways we recall our younger selves.

If you don’t have a copy of The Exvangelicals yet, you can order yours here - and receive a hardcopy soon or audio/e-book right away. (If you like audiobooks, I narrated the audiobook version!)

On another note, I highly recommend this column by

Robert P. Jones

of the Public Religion Research Institute. Robby is one of the best thinkers today on issues around white evangelicalism and Christian nationalism, and offers an important analysis of an under-covered recent speech to Christian broadcasters by former President Trump.