About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Christian Nationalism and Evangelicalism on the United States, featuring insights from Jared Stacy and Seth Stern on conspiracy theories and First Amendment threats.

First up on the show, Christian Nationalism, Evangelicalism – some might say that its whats destroying our nation, but are we actually ready to sit with how much it actually defines our nation? Jared Stacy, a former Evangelical Pastor and author of the newly released book, Reality in Ruins: How Conspiracy Theory Became an American Evangelical Crisis, joins the show to talk about the history and the present of this entwined relationship between the US and Evangelicalism, how conspiracy theories become gospel, and how if we want to address the fallout from this tangle, theological intervention is necessary. Next up, chief of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation Seth Stern comes back on the show to dig into some of the most recent and egregious threats to the First Amendment – from classifying black clothing as criminal activity to journalistic malpractice in apocalyptic times, and more. JaredStacy, PhD is a theologian and ethicist and former pastor to evangelical churches in New Orleans and the Washington, DC, metro area. He received a Ph.D. in moral & practical theology from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. His research focuses on the intersection of theology and…

People in this episode

Guests: Jared Stacy, Seth Stern

Topics covered

• Christian Nationalism
• Evangelicalism
• First Amendment
• conspiracy theories
• theology and politics
• journalistic malpractice

Keywords

• Christian Nationalism
• Evangelicalism
• conspiracy theories
• First Amendment
• theology
• journalism
• ethics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Freedom of the Press Foundation

Books & works: Reality in Ruins: How Conspiracy Theory Became an American Evangelical Crisis

Places: United States, New Orleans, Washington, DC

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