When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.
For a while... to be an evangelical meant you were a white Republican, and you were against this and against that. I don't want to be put into that mold, because then people judge you before they even listen... I don't want to divide the very people I am trying to reach.
The American evangelical movement in Africa does valuable work in helping the poor.
