The aughts were strange for everyone. America finally filled that hammer and sickle sized hole in their heart with turbans and beards. High schoolers went from wearing JNCO denim tents to hermetically sealed Jeggings. And someone declared war on Christmas. Following the life of a missionary kid as he traverses the bizarre world of anti-masturbation purity groups, cd immolation parties, the culture wars, and an occasional exorcism, Youth Group: Coming of age in the church of Christian nationalism explores how and why the Evangelical church became the church of Christian Nationalism.