# The Moral Collapse of Evangelical America (with Rob Schenck) **URL:** **By** Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus **Published:** August 17, 2018 --- Rob Schenck joins us to discuss how his career in the evangelical world morphed into continued political engagement. After meeting President Ronald Reagan, Schenck became mesmerized by Reagan's "presidential glow", which inspired him to take his religious career into the political sphere. He notes how the _Roe v. Wade_ decision invited the evangelical world into the sphere of politics. Up until _Roe_, many states had differing laws about abortion, but the Supreme Court decision allowed evangelicals to come together to form a stable pro-life movement. When did evangelicals become present in the political discussion? Why were evangelicals so "gun-ho" to get rid of _Roe v. Wade_? Does Trump represent a cliff that evangelical America fell off of? Why did Trump choose to align with evangelicals? ## Further Reading: ['My Third Conversion': Rev. Rob Schenck On Why He Took On Gun Control](https://www.npr.org/2018/05/27/614886515/-my-third-conversion-rev-rob-schenck-on-why-he-took-on-gun-control), from NPR. Rev. Rob Schenck's [website](http://revrobschenck.com/) [_Costly Grace: An Evangelical Minister's Rediscovery of Faith, Hope, and Love_](https://www.amazon.com/Costly-Grace-Evangelical-Ministers-Rediscovery/dp/006268793X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534447065&sr=8-1&keywords=rob+schenck) , written by Rob Schenck The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute [website](http://tdbi.org/) ## Related Content [Libertarianism and Christianity](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/libertarianism-and-christianity), Free Thoughts Episode [Freethought and Freedom: Early Christianity and the Modern Libertarian Movement](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/freethought-and-freedom-early-christianity-and-the-modern-libertarian-movement), Excursions Episode