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In this episode we’re talking with Andrew Whitehead about his new book, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church. We talk about growing up Evangelical, coming to terms with church history, the current state of Christian nationalism, and a bit about Greg Boyd, with whom we all have a bit of history. Se…

We open this episode looking at one of the budding political career of one of the central authors of the Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel, then discuss the concept of “sphere sovereignty” and its relationship to reconstructionist and dominionist thought. Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel - ⁠https://www.statementonch…

A significant site of contestation between Christian nationalists and progressive Christians is the relationship between theology and secular law. In this episode, we discuss some of the cleavages between these perspectives. Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel - ⁠https://www.statementonchristiannationalism.com/⁠ — To stay updated on o…

Christian Nationalism is in a meaningful sense a counter-revolution against the ascendancy of secular democracy. What is secularism, and why does it threaten Christian Nationalists in a way it doesn't threaten other forms of Christian expression? In this episode we continue our discussion of the Statement on Christian Nationalism, focusing on its f…

In this episode we go in-depth discussing the first few points of the Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel. What is a nation? Where do the authors of the statement derive their understanding of the concept of nationhood? Is the United Nations the modern-day Tower of Babel? We also discuss some recent twitter debates about the nature of…

After touching base on a project Nic Don has been working on, we discuss the current state of Christian nationalism as a project, especially as reflected in the Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel, a statement even further right than previous statements we’ve dissected. US Evangelicals on the Defense over Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuali…

In this news roundup we discuss the most recent dustup over modesty on Christian twitter, responses to Josh Butler’s book on sacramental sex, the Daniel Penny manslaughter charges, Steven Crowder’s campaign against no-fault divorce laws, and more. — To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp Check out all…

The second half of our discussion of the Bible’s prophetic literature. We also wax a little philosophical about the nature of social change and the apparent futility of being right but powerless. Also, be forewarned, Thomas discovered the soundboard. — To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp Check out …

Were the Hebrew prophets the original Social Justice Warriors? That’s the question we definitively answer in this first part of a two-part discussion on the prophetic literature in the Hebrew Bible. Micah the Revolutionary by George Pixley, in The Bible and the Politics of Exegesis: Essays in Honor of Norman K. Gottwald on His Sixty-Fifth Birthday …

In this episode we continue our miniseries investigating the biblical case for social justice. We discuss the Torah’s relatively progressive vision for a social system where none need fear falling into total deprivation, and with limits on the accumulation of great wealth by any one individual or dynasty. We also discuss the degree of reality or im…

This episode begins a new miniseries investigating the biblical case for social justice. The Christian right likes to define “biblical justice” in purely retributive ways, but throughout the Bible there is a clear and consistent social emphasis to justice language. We discuss some of the foundational social justice texts of the Old Testament, but n…

A special guest for this episode: Matthew Vines joins us to discuss the biblical case for LGBT affirmation. We also discuss his experience sparring with the Christian right following a speech of Matthew going viral over ten years ago. Notes: Did Same-Sex Marriage Exist in the Biblical World? | Matthew Vines https://youtu.be/3q1Z8CAm7NE Reformation …

In this episode we continue our discussion of the debate between conservative and progressive Christians on LGBT issues and specifically affirmation of same-sex love. In particular, we offer some high level analysis of the kinds of arguments that are often put forward either advocating or attacking the affirming position. --- To stay updated on our…

In this episode we break down megachurch pastor Andy Stanley’s recently-viral comments at a ministry conference about the church’s stance toward recognizing the mere existence of gay Christians. Many on the Christian right see the comments as effectively an admission of pro-LGBT views. Are they correct? We’re not so sure. We examine his comments an…

In this episode, we discuss the scope of the Bible’s sway over western ethics, various approaches to interpreting and applying the Bible, and the antipathy and fear the right holds toward a hermeneutics of suspicion. --- To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp Check out all our links and social media h…

In this laid-back episode, we discuss a bit of recent news, lay out some differences between conservative and progressive approaches to the Bible as an authority, and set the stage for the direction of the podcast in 2023. Notes: Anti-LGBTQ Legislative Tracking: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fTxHLjBa86GA7WCT-V6AbEMGRFPMJndnaVGoZZX4PMw/edi…

It's finally here: the conclusion to our overview of the last hundred years of the Christian right. We discuss the end of the Cold War, Pat Robertson's failed 1988 presidential run, black helicopters and FEMA camps, the X-Files, the emergence of hyper-masculinity and more. But first we touch base on the fallout of the Thomas Achord controversy and …

In this episode, we discuss the recently released documentary God Forbid! The documentary focuses on the Jerry Falwell, Jr., sex scandal but also digs into the subject of our last episode, the Moral Majority and Falwell, Sr.,’s role in shaping American politics, as well as Trump world more broadly. But first we discuss some emerging rifts in the Ch…

After responding to some recent press in the Christian nationalist circles, we discuss the factors that facilitated the rise of the Moral Majority and some of the mechanisms at work behind its scenes. This leads us to consider the lasting impact of the relatively short-lived organization, and to worry a bit about the political culture, such as it i…

It's our third entry in our historical miniseries discussing the shape of the Christian right across the twentieth century. How did the Nixon years, and then the Carter years, set the stage for complete dominance of right-wing evangelicalism in US politics? And was any other outcome possible? Show notes: Billy Graham to Richard Nixon: Hitler went a…

In this wide ranging discussion, we take a look at the recent Frankfurt Declaration, the eerie religious imagery of Trump's Q-anon rally, seminary president Al Mohler's voting instructions, and increasingly dangerous rhetoric from LibsofTikTok and her close associates targeting children's hospitals that dare to provide gender affirming services. Th…

The middle of the twentieth century saw a dramatic realignment of Christian cultural identity, away from the liberal enlightenment values the fundamentalists had reacted against in the 20s and 30s toward a pro-capitalist, pro-nationalist, anti-communist national identity. The avatar for this transition was Billy Graham, whose name has become synony…

Where did today's Christian right come from? Why does Machen always have laser eyes these days, and was he really a bigot? Why were the Victorians so surprised to discover dinosaurs existed? In this episode we begin laying the groundwork for understanding the contemporary Christian right by tracking the past century or so of development. We discuss…

In another All the Rage at the Moment, we're talking about Viktor Orbán and his guest spot speaking at CPAC in Texas. Why does the U.S. right love this guy so much? A shorter episode this week, preparing for our next mini-series covering the past 100 years of Christian far right development in the U.S. To stay updated on our show, join our discord …

[In the original upload, the last fifteen minutes were cut out of the video. Jump to 1:15:00 if you want the final segment.] In the second of our two-part series on our personal history with the Christian right, Nic Don goes over his experiences being adopted and raised in a secular home, converting to Christianity in high school, and his failed at…

After some banter and catching up on predictions and assessments we made on past episodes, we get down to discussing Thomas's personal history, being raised in The Way International, a fundamentalist church group that has increasingly veered into Trumpist politics in recent years. To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://dis…

It's another All the Rage At the Moment, where you get our response to current events. In this episode, we discuss the Jan 6 commission hearings, as well as a number of court decisions that have been handed down this term. To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp Check our all our links and social media…

In hindsight, the authors of this statement have advanced their position more thoroughly than even their most worried critics at the time could have expected. In this episode, we continue our close reading of the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel, delving into the core issues of the statement: justice, race and ethnicity, the role of women…

It was a statement so far right on culture and race issues that many prominent right-wing Christians couldn't bring themselves to endorse it. Continuing our focus on recent Christian rightwing confessional doctrinal statements, Thomas and Nic Don begin to pick apart the contents of the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel. As always, video ve…

Chris Rufo did not invent the war against critical race theory. For years, concerns of neo-marxism infiltrating the institutions through CRT or "anti-racism" was an animating factor on the Christian right. This came to a head in the fallout over the Gospel Coalition's MLK50 event in 2018 and the establishment of a reactionary movement of pastors, c…

We welcome our first guest! Journalist and fellow right-wing watcher Sam Thielman joins us to discuss the anti-lgbt laws that are inundating states and school districts across the nation, and the links between these efforts and the 2017 Nashville Statement, its authors and signatories, and the dark money groups turning Christian far right dreams in…

On the heels of the leaked draft of the decision overturning Roe v Wade, Thomas and Nic Don discuss the religious right’s role in the forty-year effort to wrest control of the court for its own ends, and the myth of the centrality of abortion in motivating that effort. They also discuss the leak, the decision’s (poor) reasoning, and the similaritie…

In this episode of All the Rage at the Moment, we react to the news of Elon Musk's (pending) purchase of twitter, and the under-explored intersections that move has with elements of the Christian right, particularly the Babylon Bee and their new favorite account, LibsofTikTok. As always, intro/outro music is The Dweller on the Theshold by Nihilore.…

In this inaugural episode Nic Don and Thomas share their memories of January 6 and investigate the roots of Christian nationalism that led to insurrection. Report on Christian Nationalism: https://bjconline.org/new-report-christian-nationalism-january-6-021422/ Intro/outro music is The Dweller on the Threshold by Nihilore…