How Conspiracy Theory Became an American Evangelical Crisis | Jared Stacy, PhD

About this episode

Dr. Jared Stacy discusses the impact of conspiracy theories on American evangelicalism and the resulting social and theological crises.

Purchase a copy of Jared's book here: https://amzn.to/4dpX9Lp Want to listen on Audible? Get a free Premium Plus trial here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/audible/mlp As an Amazon associate, a small portion of every purchase made through this link helps support this podcast! ✖️✖️✖️ Conspiracy theories are at the root of the most pressing political problems of our time, yet their influence cuts just as personal. Suspicion has fractured families, communities, churches, and our very social fabric, as one person’s fact is another’s fake news. In Reality in Ruins, Dr. Jared Stacy braves the untold history of conspiracism in American evangelicalism and the anxiety at the heart of this radioactive movement that affects us all. In a new age of what he calls “Disreality,” many are left reeling in the ruins of what was once a common world, now splintered by warring ideologies, religious and political extremism, and cults of certainty. Dr. Stacy reports from the inside as someone raised and even ordained in one of the nation’s most conservative denominations. Now, as a historian and post-evangelical theologian, Dr. Stacy traces the currents of pain, panic, and power that have thrust the…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Skwarczynski

Guest: Jared Stacy

Topics covered

• conspiracy theories
• American evangelicalism
• political problems
• social fabric
• theological crisis

Keywords

• conspiracy theories
• evangelicalism
• political extremism
• social fabric
• theological crisis

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: courage365.org

Books & works: Reality in Ruins

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