America, the Fundamentalist (w/ David French)

About this episode

David French discusses the intersection of Christianity and politics, along with various related topics.

New York Times columnist, co-host of Advisory Opinions and The Dispatch Podcast, and Nashville-based evangelical, David French, returns to the pod once again. This time, we had one big question on our minds: What’s with all the Christianity cosplaying taking over politics right now? But an Uncertain Things episode wouldn’t be an Uncertain Things episode if we stuck to just one topic! We ended up discussing, among other topics, Jesus Christ, the American Civil War, the likelihood of the dissolution of the union today, Venezuela, C.S. Lewis, and more. As always with Mr. French, it was a delightful, thought-provoking, and nerdy conversation. On the agenda: -A quick question about Jesus Christ [0:00-3:50] -Countdown to our country’s dissolution [3:51-22:57] -A tangent on Venezuela [22:58-27:15] -America, the Fundamentalist [27:16-1:09:50] -Advice to a burgeoning Christian [1:09:51-1:20:00] Further reading/listening: * Time to Talk about Secession? (David French on Uncertain Things) * America, The Lonely (David French on Uncertain Things) * ‘I’m a Liberal Who Lost His Faith’ (Tom Holland on Uncertain Things) * Divided We Fall (David French) * Attack Upon Christendom (Søren…

People in this episode

Hosts: Adaam James Levin-Areddy, Vanessa M. Quirk

Guest: David French

Topics covered

• Christianity in politics
• American Civil War
• political dissolution
• evangelical perspectives
• C.S. Lewis
• Venezuela

Keywords

• Christianity
• politics
• David French
• American Civil War
• Venezuela
• C.S. Lewis
• dissolution of the union

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Dispatch Podcast, Advisory Opinions, Time to Talk about Secession?, America, The Lonely, ‘I’m a Liberal Who Lost His Faith’, Divided We Fall, Attack Upon Christendom, The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity

Places: Venezuela, America

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