Pete Hegseth's violent prayers
About this episode
The episode discusses Pete Hegseth's belief in a holy Christian mission behind America's wars, featuring insights from Peter Wehner.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth believes America’s wars around the world are part of a holy Christian mission. Peter Wehner, contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the Psalms he quotes about smiting enemies, how he is taking inspiration from the Bible for military conquests and why he wants his entire chaplain corps to think this way. His article is “ Hegseth’s Unholy War Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Host: Krys Boyd
Guest: Peter Wehner
Topics covered
- Christian mission
- military conquests
- Psalms
- war
- religion
- politics
Keywords
- Pete Hegseth
- Peter Wehner
- Christian mission
- military
- Psalms
- war
- religion
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Atlantic, Trinity Forum
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