All The Rage Christian Pod

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In this episode we’re talking with Andrew Whitehead about his new book, American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church. We talk about growing up Evangelical, coming to terms with church history, the current state of Christian nationalism, and a bit about Greg Boyd, with whom we all have a bit of history. See more about Whitehead’s new book here - http://ww...

We open this episode looking at one of the budding political career of one of the central authors of the Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel, then discuss the concept of “sphere sovereignty” and its relationship to reconstructionist and dominionist thought.  Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel - ⁠https://www.statementonchristiannationalism.com/⁠ — To stay updated on our...

A significant site of contestation between Christian nationalists and progressive Christians is the relationship between theology and secular law. In this episode, we discuss some of the cleavages between these perspectives.   Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel - ⁠https://www.statementonchristiannationalism.com/⁠ — To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: ⁠ https://d...

Christian Nationalism is in a meaningful sense a counter-revolution against the ascendancy of secular democracy. What is secularism, and why does it threaten Christian Nationalists in a way it doesn't threaten other forms of Christian expression? In this episode we continue our discussion of the Statement on Christian Nationalism, focusing on its formulation of state power.  Statement on Chris...

In this episode we go in-depth discussing the first few points of the Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel. What is a nation? Where do the authors of the statement derive their understanding of the concept of nationhood? Is the United Nations the modern-day Tower of Babel? We also discuss some recent twitter debates about the nature of love and give an update on the Chog Affirm projec...

After touching base on a project Nic Don has been working on, we discuss the current state of Christian nationalism as a project, especially as reflected in the Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel, a statement even further right than previous statements we’ve dissected.  US Evangelicals on the Defense over Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014 - https://religionnews.com/2014/03/0...

In this news roundup we discuss the most recent dustup over modesty on Christian twitter, responses to Josh Butler’s book on sacramental sex, the Daniel Penny manslaughter charges, Steven Crowder’s campaign against no-fault divorce laws, and more.  — To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp Check out all our links and social media here: https://linktr....

The second half of our discussion of the Bible’s prophetic literature. We also wax a little philosophical about the nature of social change and the apparent futility of being right but powerless. Also, be forewarned, Thomas discovered the soundboard.  — To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp Check out all our links and social media here: https://link...

Were the Hebrew prophets the original Social Justice Warriors? That’s the question we definitively answer in this first part of a two-part discussion on the prophetic literature in the Hebrew Bible.  Micah the Revolutionary by George Pixley, in The Bible and the Politics of Exegesis: Essays in Honor of Norman K. Gottwald on His Sixty-Fifth Birthday   — To stay updated on our show, join our discord...

In this episode we continue our miniseries investigating the biblical case for social justice. We discuss the Torah’s relatively progressive vision for a social system where none need fear falling into total deprivation, and with limits on the accumulation of great wealth by any one individual or dynasty. We also discuss the degree of reality or imagination at work in the description of such a soc...

This episode begins a new miniseries investigating the biblical case for social justice. The Christian right likes to define “biblical justice” in purely retributive ways, but throughout the Bible there is a clear and consistent social emphasis to justice language. We discuss some of the foundational social justice texts of the Old Testament, but not before going in on both Marcion and twentieth c...

A special guest for this episode: Matthew Vines joins us to discuss the biblical case for LGBT affirmation. We also discuss his experience sparring with the Christian right following a speech of Matthew going viral over ten years ago. Notes: Did Same-Sex Marriage Exist in the Biblical World? | Matthew Vines https://youtu.be/3q1Z8CAm7NE Reformation Project - Reformationproject.org — To stay updated...

In this episode we continue our discussion of the debate between conservative and progressive Christians on LGBT issues and specifically affirmation of same-sex love. In particular, we offer some high level analysis of the kinds of arguments that are often put forward either advocating or attacking the affirming position. --- To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord...

In this episode we break down megachurch pastor Andy Stanley’s  recently-viral comments at a ministry conference about the church’s  stance toward recognizing the mere existence of gay Christians. Many on  the Christian right see the comments as effectively an admission of  pro-LGBT views. Are they correct? We’re not so sure. We examine his  comments and discuss the import...

In this episode, we discuss the scope of the Bible’s sway over western ethics, various approaches to interpreting and applying the Bible, and the antipathy and fear the right holds toward a hermeneutics of suspicion. --- To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp  Check out all our links and social media here: https://linktr.ee/alltheragechristianpo...

In this laid-back episode, we discuss a bit of recent news, lay out some differences between conservative and progressive approaches to the Bible as an authority, and set the stage for the direction of the podcast in 2023. Notes: Anti-LGBTQ Legislative Tracking: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fTxHLjBa86GA7WCT-V6AbEMGRFPMJndnaVGoZZX4PMw/edit#gid=0 --- To stay updated on our show, join our...

It's finally here: the conclusion to our overview of the last hundred years of the Christian right. We discuss the end of the Cold War, Pat Robertson's failed 1988 presidential run, black helicopters and FEMA camps, the X-Files, the emergence of hyper-masculinity and more. But first we touch base on the fallout of the Thomas Achord controversy and ask, Why is kinism such a third rail even among pr...

In this episode, we discuss the recently released documentary God Forbid! The documentary focuses on the Jerry Falwell, Jr., sex scandal but also digs into the subject of our last episode, the Moral Majority and Falwell, Sr.,’s role in shaping American politics, as well as Trump world more broadly. But first we discuss some emerging rifts in the Christian right today, not only between Trump and De...

After responding to some recent press in the Christian nationalist circles, we discuss the factors that facilitated the rise of the Moral Majority and some of the mechanisms at work behind its scenes. This leads us to consider the lasting impact of the relatively short-lived organization, and to worry a bit about the political culture, such as it is, today. Is a politics of hope possible? --- To s...

It's our third entry in our historical miniseries discussing the shape of the Christian right across the twentieth century. How did the Nixon years, and then the Carter years, set the stage for complete dominance of right-wing evangelicalism in US politics? And was any other outcome possible?  Show notes:  Billy Graham to Richard Nixon: Hitler went about it wrong but this stranglehold ha...

In this wide ranging discussion, we take a look at the recent Frankfurt Declaration, the eerie religious imagery of Trump's Q-anon rally, seminary president Al Mohler's voting instructions, and increasingly dangerous rhetoric from LibsofTikTok and her close associates targeting children's hospitals that dare to provide gender affirming services. The verdict? Things are not looking good in the worl...

The middle of the twentieth century saw a dramatic realignment of Christian cultural identity, away from the liberal enlightenment values the fundamentalists had reacted against in the 20s and 30s toward a pro-capitalist, pro-nationalist, anti-communist national identity. The avatar for this transition was Billy Graham, whose name has become synonymous with evangelism, but whose evangelistic techn...

Where did today's Christian right come from? Why does Machen always have laser eyes these days, and was he really a bigot? Why were the Victorians so surprised to discover dinosaurs existed?    In this episode we begin laying the groundwork for understanding the  contemporary Christian right by tracking the past century or so of  development. We discuss modernism, the soci...

In another All the Rage at the Moment, we're talking about Viktor Orbán  and his guest spot speaking at CPAC in Texas. Why does the U.S. right  love this guy so much?    A shorter episode this week, preparing for our next mini-series covering  the past 100 years of Christian far right development in the U.S.    To stay updated on our show, join our discord commun...