Christine Wicker

Wicker is a former religion reporter for the Dallas Morning News and has won numerous awards for her journalism including the Clarion Award, the Wilbur Award, the Sunday Magazine Editor’s first place for feature writing, and seven first-place prizes from the Dallas Press Club. She can speak about the intersection of pop culture and American religious life and our historical and contemporary fascination with Spiritualism and magic. She lives in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

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American/Pop Culture

Christian Living

The Fall of the Evangelical Nation

The Surprising Crisis Inside the Church

Talking Points

Christine Wicker was raised in Oklahoma, Texas and other parts of the South. Her mother’s grandfather was an itinerant Baptist preacher and her dad’s father was a Kentucky coal miner. During her 17 years at The Dallas Morning News, she was a feature writer, columnist and religion reporter. She is the author of several books including the highly acclaimed Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead.

Description

Evangelical Christianity in America is dying. The great evangelical movements of today are not a vanguard. They are a remnant, unraveling at every edge. Conversions. Baptisms. Membership. Retention. Participation. Giving. Attendance. Religious literacy. Effect on the culture. All are down and dropping. Veteran religion reporter Christine Wicker set out to reveal the truth about her childhood evangelical faith in an attempt to get beyond the media stereotypes and shed new light on this highly divisive religion. However, the research uncovered much more than she bargained for.

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