God Save the Men: Evangelical (Toxic) Masculinity with Professor Kristin Kobes du Mez

Brad and Dan are joined by Professor Kristin Kobes du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne, and an expert on evangelical masculinity and culture. They discuss why evangelicals imagine Jesus to be a heterosexual strong man, how evangelical pastors prime their congregations for fear, the trappings of gender complementarity, the #churchtoo movement, and the […]
The Myth of the Persecuted Christian and the Inverted Golden Rule

Brad speaks with Dennison University political scientist Paul Djupe. They discuss Djupe’s findings that those Christians who live in homogenous Christian communities are most likely to believe that Democrats, atheists, and others are trying to take their rights away. They also discuss data that shows a large majority of Evangelicals are willing to strip rights […]
The Myth of the Christian Nation

Dan speaks with author and constitutional lawyer Andrew Seidel. They discuss his new book, “The Founding Myth,” and dissect the idea that the USA is a Christian nation. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more:Â https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad’s new book: […]
Confronting the Sh*ttiness of Paul

In his new book, Profaning Paul, USC Professor Cavan Concannon takes an unflinching look at the letters of Paul through the metaphor of excrement–or shit. “The letters of Paul have been used to support and condone a host of evils over the span of more than two millennia: racism, slavery, imperialism, misogyny, and anti-Semitism, to […]
Weekly Roundup: One God, One Country, One Leader – On Leaving the Realm of Democracy

One God, One Country, One Leader
Mild at Heart: Love, Sex, and Masculinity After Purity Culture: Ep 9

Mourning the One
Christians Against Christian Supremacy -with Dr. Obery Hendricks

A life long social activist, Obery Hendricks is one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America. He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African American biblical scholar writing today. Dr. Hendricks’ appearances include CNN, MSNBC, CBS, Fox News, Fox Business News, the Discovery Channel, […]
Weekly Roundup: Big Bird Was Immunized

Brad and Dan begin by discussing the case of Aaron Rodgers, who was recently found out not to have been vaccinated. They discuss the various components at play in the case–from becoming an anti-vaxxer wiithout realizing it, to blaming the “woke mob” for cancel culture, and the politics of scientific authority. This leads to a […]
Mild at Heart: Love, Sex, and Masculinity After Purity Culture: Ep 8

Christian Nationalism is the Original Purity Culture
Reading Evangelicals

Race, Class, and Politics at the Evangelical Bookstore