Mission, with Kathryn Gin Lum

About this episode

Kathryn Gin Lum discusses the historical intertwining of race and religion in America and the persistence of related ideas today.

Race and religion have been intertwined throughout American history. Christians believed they could detect so-called “heathen” unbelief by the color of someone’s skin or the state of a foreign landscape. Over time, the word “heathen” dropped off, but historian Kathryn Gin Lum says the ideas behind it are alive and well in the United States today, even beyond religion. Transcript available: firesidepod.org/episodes/ginlum. Buy the book and other merch at firesidepod.org/store.

People in this episode

Host: Blair Hodges

Guest: Kathryn Gin Lum

Topics covered

• race
• religion
• American history
• heathen
• society
• culture

Keywords

• race
• religion
• heathen
• American history
• society
• culture
• Kathryn Gin Lum

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Organizations: firesidepod.org

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