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“American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel” takes audiences into the buckle of the Bible belt, where a group of defiant ministers, congregations and community leaders are challenging deeply-rooted fundamentalist Christian doctrine in favor of a Gospel of Inclusion. Labeled “heretics” for their beliefs and actions, they refuse to perpetuate fundamentalist Christian interpretations that continue to justify nationalism and hack away at landmark civil rights protections for women, minorities, immigrants and LGBTQ communities.