Paul Axton preaches: The election of Donald Trump and evangelical support for Trump is a living proof that white supremacy is alive and well, not in spite of, but because of evangelical Christians. Is a faith that requires oppression and exclusion, which explicitly tolerates and promotes white supremacy, “Christianity"? Isn’t this, as Douglas would have it, ... Show More
Mar 2
Understanding William Desmond Through Hegel, Žižek, and Flannery O'Connor
Brad and Paul discuss the work of William Desmond and approach it through his engagement with Hegel, his reading of Flannery O'Connor, and his opposition to the dark reading of Slavoj Žižek. (Sign up for “Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled: Perspectives on Peace”: This class, wit ... Show More
1h 36m
Oct 2022
Jill Hicks-Keeton and Cavan W. Concannon, "Does Scripture Speak for Itself?: The Museum of the Bible and the Politics of Interpretation" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Is the Bible the unembellished Word of God or the product of human agency? There are different answers to that question. And they lie at the heart of this book's powerful exploration of the fraught ways in which money, race and power shape the story of Christianity in American pu ... Show More
50m 52s
Feb 2025
#401 — Christian Nationalism and the New Right
<p>Sam Harris speaks with Katherine Stewart about her new book, <em>Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy</em>. They discuss Project 2025, Christian nationalism, white supremacy, whether the backlash against wokeness has been overblown, the asymm ... Show More
32m 37s
<p> <!-- wp:paragraph {"dropCap":true,"beyondwordsMarker":"980a320e-4be4-4ed3-a858-2d958f81a35c"} --></p> <p class="has-drop-cap">Some recent polling suggests that the number of those who identify with no religion has hit a ceiling, and it may even be declining. At the same time, ... Show More
<p> <!-- wp:paragraph {"dropCap":true,"beyondwordsMarker":"fca6109f-4a17-4e44-bca3-3f9563cfcf6c"} --></p> <p class="has-drop-cap">Is Christianity a useful religion to the West? Atheist Richard Dawkins recently claimed that, while still an atheist, he considers himself a "cultural ... Show More
