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GUEST: Deborah Jian Lee, award winning journalist and radio producer, former staff reporter for the Associated Press. She has taught journalism at Columbia University and written for Foreign Policy, Forbes, Slate, and more.

It used to be that the Republican Party could rely pretty heavily on evangelical Christians to vote for them, drawn to the party’s adherence to socially conservative positions. The issues of abortion, racial and gender equality, and LGBT rights in particular, were so important to the mostly white evangelical churches that they felt compelled to back candidates based solely their conservative rhetoric and voting records.

But now, all of that could be changing. According to my guest Deborah Jian Lee, evangelical movements are no longer dominated by straight, white Americans. In fact, that demographic is leaving the Christian church in droves, while people of color are taking their place. Their minority identity is driving evangelical movements to actually espouse progressive values.

Find more about her book at www.deborahjianlee.com.