All The Rage Christian Pod

[In the original upload, the last fifteen minutes were cut out of the video. Jump to 1:15:00 if you want the final segment.] In the second of our two-part series on our personal history with the Christian right, Nic Don goes over his experiences being adopted and raised in a secular home, converting to Christianity in high school, and his failed attempts to find any form of conservatism compelling...

After some banter and catching up on predictions and assessments we made on past episodes, we get down to discussing Thomas's personal history, being raised in The Way International, a fundamentalist church group that has increasingly veered into Trumpist politics in recent years. To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp Check out all our links and soc...

It's another All the Rage At the Moment, where you get our response to current events. In this episode, we discuss the Jan 6 commission hearings, as well as a number of court decisions that have been handed down this term. To stay updated on our show, join our discord community: https://discord.gg/vJGM7T8aAp Check our all our links and social media here: linktr.ee/alltheragechristianpod As always,...

In hindsight, the authors of this statement have advanced their position more thoroughly than even their most worried critics at the time could have expected. In this episode, we continue our close reading of the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel, delving into the core issues of the statement: justice, race and ethnicity, the role of women, and racism (somehow a separate entry from the on...

It was a statement so far right on culture and race issues that many prominent right-wing Christians couldn't bring themselves to endorse it. Continuing our focus on recent Christian rightwing confessional doctrinal statements, Thomas and Nic Don begin to pick apart the contents of the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel.   As always, video versions of this podcast are available on You...

Chris Rufo did not invent the war against critical race theory. For years, concerns of neo-marxism infiltrating the institutions through CRT or "anti-racism" was an animating factor on the Christian right. This came to a head in the fallout over the Gospel Coalition's MLK50 event in 2018 and the establishment of a reactionary movement of pastors, church leaders, and, of course, their funders. In t...

We welcome our first guest! Journalist and fellow right-wing watcher Sam Thielman joins us to discuss the anti-lgbt laws that are inundating states and school districts across the nation, and the links between these efforts and the 2017 Nashville Statement, its authors and signatories, and the dark money groups turning Christian far right dreams into nightmarish legislative reality. Follow Sam Thi...

On the heels of the leaked draft of the decision overturning Roe v Wade, Thomas and Nic Don discuss the religious right’s role in the forty-year effort to wrest control of the court for its own ends, and the myth of the centrality of abortion in motivating that effort. They also discuss the leak, the decision’s (poor) reasoning, and the similarities between textualist constitutional interpretation...

In this episode of All the Rage at the Moment, we react to the news of Elon Musk's (pending) purchase of twitter, and the under-explored intersections that move has with elements of the Christian right, particularly the Babylon Bee and their new favorite account, LibsofTikTok.  As always, intro/outro music is The Dweller on the Theshold by Nihilore. Check out our Linktree for other platforms,...

In this inaugural episode Nic Don and Thomas share their memories of January  6 and investigate the roots of Christian nationalism that led to  insurrection. Report on Christian Nationalism:  https://bjconline.org/new-report-christian-nationalism-january-6-021422/ Intro/outro  music is The Dweller on the Threshold by Nihilore