PREVIEW: The Friday Edition. - Not everything is Christian nationalism.

About this episode

The episode discusses the rise of Christian nationalism and its implications for American politics and society.

The specter of Christian nationalism, and discussion of American Christianity more broadly, has risen to the cultural forefront in recent months. Hegseth and Wilson advocate for a Protestant vision of America in the halls of the military. The  majority-Catholic Supreme Court  receives both praise and criticism for its handling of religious freedom and gay rights cases. The Trump administration (which has  several prominent Catholic members , including the vice president) and the Vatican’s rocky relations famously came to a head just weeks ago when the president criticized the pope for opposing the war in Iran. And the rising star of Presbyterian seminarian and staunch progressive James Talarico in Texas has opened new conversations about Christian politics, including  debates  and  divisions  among other prominent Christians about how to receive him. In the background of all these recent examples is the  ongoing   debate  about whether American Christianity is undergoing a  revival  — that is, whether a country that has long been on a decades-long shift away from Christianity is suddenly re-embracing faith. Our nation…

People in this episode

Host: Isaac Saul

Topics covered

• Christian nationalism
• American Christianity
• religious freedom
• gay rights
• church and state
• Christian politics
• secularism

Keywords

• Christian nationalism
• American Christianity
• religious freedom
• gay rights
• Trump
• Supreme Court
• James Talarico
• church and state
• secularism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supreme Court, Vatican

Places: Iran, Texas, America

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