Debunking Myths About Religion, Race, and the 2020 Election
Are Evangelicals still in love with Trump? Do white “liberal” Protestants vote progressively? Is it fair to say that the Republican party is basically the party of white folks? Who are the religious nones and what role will they play in 2020 and beyond? Brad talks with Dr. Ryan Burge, Assistant Professor of Political Science, […]
Weekly Roundup: “God is a White Man” Theology
Brad is joined by guest co-host Blake Chastain, who is host of the Exvangelical Podcast and the Post Evangelical Post newsletter. They discuss a surprising LGBTQ-affirming church in Texas (5:30), the way some white Mainline and Catholic voters prioritize their whiteness over anything else (10:20), and the incident at Baylor University’s chapel this week, which […]
The Missionary-Spies Who Helped to Form the CIA
Brad talks with Dr. Matthew Avery Sutton, author of the new book “Double-Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War”. They discuss how missionaries became undercover agents during WWII, how religious professionals and rhetoric have shaped US diplomacy, and how the legacy of these missionary-spies still informs our public […]
The Christians Who Want to Rule the World -with André Gagné
Dominionists are shaping your life: from your kid’s sex-ed program, to local gun laws, and national elections. They see themselves as called to rule the world as proxies for God. Dominionists strategize as to how to infiltrate and control every aspect of human life–government, economics, culture, media, education, and so on. They are not fringe. […]
Weekly Roundup: Romney vs Trump, Evangelicals vs. LDS, the National Prayer Breakfast, and More
Brad and Dan discuss how we should interpret Mitt Romney’s vote to convict Trump as an expression of how the Latter Day Saints view the president, and why they are less likely to be Christian nationalists. They also dig into the National Prayer Breakfast, the Southern Baptist Convention’s views on the LGBT community, and Franklin Graham’s woes in the UK.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support
The Super Bowl Halftime Show and Purity Culture
Brad dissects the evangelical scrutiny of the halftime show, demonstrating how Franklin Graham’s (et al) criticism comes from the misogyny of purity culture, a history of othering people of color through a sexual lens, and willful ignorance on forms of exploitation. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the […]
Her Name Was Hisao: On Love, Loss, and the Lakers
Brad’s audio essay on his great grandmother, Hisao, a picture-bride who couldn’t speak English, but who became an American, a Californian, and an Angelino through the Lakers; the woman who began four generations of his family’s love of basketball. In the wake of Kobe Bryant’s death, it’s a reflection on the joy and sorrow of migration, love, and ‘Ohana.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support
Weekly Roundup: Paula White, Satanic Pregnancies, and the Prosperity Gospel
Brad and Dan talk about Jerry Falwell’s call for secession, harmful transgender treatment bills, and Paula White, Trump’s spiritual advisor, the woman who called for the miscarriage of satanic pregnancies, and a prosperity preacher.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support
Weekly Roundup: Funding Anti-LGBT Schools with Tax $, the Radical MLK, and the March for “Life”
On the Weekly Roundup Brad and Dan discuss Espinoza vs. Montana, a supreme court case that will determine if states must fund private schools. They discuss how currently millions of dollars in tax money is being sent to anti-LGBT institutions. They also discuss the whitewashed radicalism of MLK JR., and evangelical quietism on abortion.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support
Escaping Abuse at a Fundamentalist Boot Camp
Brad talks with Deirdre Sugiuchi about her story of leaving a fundamentalist boot camp in the Dominican Republic. Deirdre, a writer whose work has been featured at Electric Literature, Guernica, and who contributed an essay to EMPTY THE PEWS, speaks of the emotional and sexual abuse at Escuela Caribe and the dangers she sees in the current administration’s approach to religious education. *WARNING: This episode does contain descriptions of sexual abuse.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support