

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Josiah Hesse with On Fire For God
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Written in vivid prose, On Fire for God is both an unflinching memoir of religious trauma and survival and a stirring examination of the emotional, political, and sociological effects of the Christian right. Returning to his hometown in search of answers about his upbringing, his family history, and the political forces at work in the region, Hesse calls into question prevailing theories about the disappearing working class that point to opioids, automation, or globalism as the culprits. Instead, his story of awakening and escape exposes how conservative Christian conmen have, over generations, trapped working-class believers in an isolated bubble of racism, xenophobia, and martyrdom and stripped communities like his of their wealth and self-esteem, leaving behind a passive, low-wage workforce unable–and unwilling–to demand better. In On Fire for God, Hesse plumbs the depths of his own experience to illuminate, with deep feeling and piercing immediacy, what he describes as the socioeconomic tragedy of the American working class.

Josiah Hesse, author of Runner’s High and the Carnality series, is a freelance journalist out of Denver, Colorado, covering everything from politics, science, and crime, to art, pop culture, and evangelical culture and theology. A regular contributor to The Guardian and Vice, his work has appeared in Esquire, Newsweek, Men’s Health, and Politico, among other publications.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/des-moines/josiah-hesse-with-on-fire-for-god/200029423226534
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, health-wellness, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029423226534?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=des+moines-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Des Moines
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2629 Beaver Ave Ste S1, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50310
- **lat**: 41.61882
- **long**: -93.67224
- **full address**: 2629 Beaver Ave Ste S1, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50310

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Beaverdale Books (https://allevents.in/org/beaverdale-books/26013893)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2629 Beaver Ave Ste S1, Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50310
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Beaverdale Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, health-wellness, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Josiah Hesse with On Fire For God ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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