Sam Kestenbaum

Jul 15, 2024 | harpers.org | Sam Kestenbaum |William T. Vollmann |Ellyn Gaydos |Hisham Matar

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Jun 21, 2024 | harpers.org | Sam Kestenbaum

The pastor is pacing back and forth, a cordless microphone in one hand, the other extended before him. He says, “This is the awakening the American church has been waiting on,” and keeps pacing. He has readied himself before taking the elevated stage, donning a paisley shirt, top button undone, and speaks now from the wood pulpit of his revival tent. There are evils hiding among the congregation, the pastor continues, unseen devils that must be named and expelled.

Jun 21, 2024 | harpers.org | Sam Kestenbaum

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