Monster in the Mirror: Ep. 1 – Christian Nationalism’s Gothic Genesis
Monster in the Mirror is a limited audio series produced by Straight White American Jesus, and created and written by Dr. Lucas Kwong. Monster in the Mirror is a series about monsters. It’s about how the fantastical beasts who stalk the imagination of contemporary Christian nationalists were birthed in another white God fearing empire. It’s […]
Weekly Roundup: A Majority of Americans Think This is a Christian Nation
Brad and Dan begin by discussing the brand new survey data from Pew Religion and PRRI about faith, politics, and American values. Dan brings up the numbers on how many people think the USA is a Christian nation and what that means. Brad discusses the high number of Christians who think that patriotism is an […]
Dracula, QAnon, and Crumbling Christian Empires
Brad speaks with Dr. Lucas Kwong, creator of the SWAJ spinoff podcast series Monster in the Mirror – first episode drops Halloween 2022. They discuss how Christian nationalism is a story – a story about empire, fear of replacement, and anxiety about the other. In this story, White Christian invent monsters that they then blame […]
Weekly Roundup: American Conservatism is Dead
Brad and Dan discuss three stories from this week that show American conservatism is over – and what is taking its place is a right-wing totalitarianism that should scare us all. They begin by discussing new material on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy who it seems is willing to hold the country hostage by not […]
It’s In the Code, Ep 25: Not a Spirit of Fear 2.0
In the previous episode, Dan decoded the affirmation that Christians are called not to “live in a spirit of fear,” showing that this affirmation actually masks a pervasive culture of fear. In that episode, he looked at the dynamics and effects of this affirmation within the spiritual and religious experience of individuals and particular congregations. […]
The Case Against Christian Nationalism
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Weekly Roundup: Civil Info Wars
Brad and Dan begin by discussing the final J6 hearing. Brad focuses on the new information that the Secret Service had tips about potential violence on J6 as early as December. They then discuss the released footage of Pelosi, Schumer, et al trying to get military and law enforcement help as the Capitol was under […]
It’s In the Code, Ep 24: Not a Spirit of Fear
One of the central admonitions within theologically conservative American Christianity is that Christians are not defined by a “spirit of fear.” What does this mean? Where does this way of talking come from? And what are its effects? Dan answers these questions in this first of paired episodes on this topic, decoding this language to […]
Christian Nationalism is the Original Purity Culture
Brad does a preview from a key chapter in his new book. He argues that we should see purity culture – the movement for sexual purity in every way that swept through evangelical spaces in the 1990s – as an outworking of Christian nationalism. For Brad, Christian nationalism is the original purity culture because Christian […]
Weekly Roundup: I’m Pro Secret Abortion But Anti-Flute, OK?
Brad and Dan begin by discussing the revelations about Herschel Walker, GOP candidate for US Senate in Georgia, paying for an abortion for an ex-girlfriend. What interests them is how this event (like others) reveals the power-at-all-costs worldview of the GOP and the Christian nationalists at the heart of the party. Such events also show […]