episode 80: Angela Denker, pastoring among red state christians, part 2

Episode 80 Angela Denker, Part 2

Continuation the conversation with Angela Denker

Just a reminder, it isn’t too late to hear more from these scholars and writers we’re been talking with over the past few months. Drew Strait (episodes 77 and 78) will be hosting a seminar leading voices in studying and describing Christian Nationalism through the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Follow this link to learn more: https://youtu.be/EIeORYinedo 

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Teddy Wilson from Radical Reports (https://radicalreports.substack.com/)

ANNIKA BROCKSCHMIDT & THOMAS LECAQUE at Religion Dispatches

“Fascists need martyrs—they need blood to sanctify the ground they walk on, and to call for even more sacrifice from supporters. Trump hasn’t explicitly spoken of “Blutzeugen” yet, of “blood witnesses,” as the Nazis called their “martyrs,” or of a “baptism of blood,” as Hitler and his cronies called the Nazis regarding their failed coup of 1923. But he doesn’t have to at this point to make the parallel more obvious—because Ashli Babbitt has long become a martyr of the movement, as Jeff Sharlet has shown, as have the still-living insurrectionists behind bars (who can, conveniently, still record propaganda songs).”

Paul D. Miller The Religion of American Greatness: What’s wrong with Christian Nationalism,

“Being an evangelical [religiously understood] does not lead one to enthusiastically support border walls with Mexico, favoring Christian nationalism does. Being an evangelical does not seem to sour Americans’ attitudes toward stronger gun control legislation; endorsing Christian nationalism does. Being an evangelical was not an important predictor of which Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2016; supporting Christian nationalism was.”

“Nationalism is the belief that humanity is divisible into mutually distinct, internally coherent cultural groups defined by shared traits like ethnicity, language, religion, or culture; that these groups should each have their own governments; that one of the purposes of government is to promote and protect a nation’s cultural identity; and that sovereign nations with strong cultures provide meaning and purpose for human beings.”

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Transition music Mars, by Sleeping at Last on Spotify

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We talk about little bit about sports, especially the breakthrough tournament for the Women’s NCAA tournament. For more information about women’s sports, and women’s perspectives on sports in general, listen to The Gist of It Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-gist-of-it/id1496908555