The Orange Wave, Ep. 8: Old School
If you want to take the country back for God, if you want to have dominion over every level of society, if you want to ensure a white Christian patriarchy rules over the land–you have to start with the children. Christian school movements are part of the fabric of the Religious Right. On this episode, Brad examines why the Christian schooling movement–including homeschooling–took off in the 60s, how it has shed government oversight, and what effects its having on our public education system and our public square. This episode features interviews with Dr. Chrissy Stroop and Scott Okamoto.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support
The Orange Wave Ep. 3: From the Goldrush to the Tea Party
In the early 1960s, Orange County became the hub for both white evangelical Christianity and libertarian politics. It was the epicenter of the John Birch Society and the Goldwater campaign. This history is crucial for understanding the rise of the Religious Right throughout the 80s and beyond. It was from this soil that Reagan and […]
The Orange Wave, Ep. 7: Sexless Ed
You might be surprised to learn that the history of sex ed in the USA is a religious history. Christians were not always the enemies of science-based sex education programs. But during the 1960s, the Religious Right began a war against comprehensive sex education. Since then, it has been able to implement abstinence-only sex ed […]
The Orange Wave, Ep. 5: Putin’s Russia: City on a Hill
Brad explores the alliance between the alt-right and the Religious Right in and through Trump’s presidency. In tracing this story, he uncovers how and why the Religious Right now looks to Putin’s Russia, Orban’s Hungary, and other autocratic regimes as the City Upon a Hill that the USA used to be. This episode features an […]
The Orange Wave, Ep 10: The Orange Curtain
On the series finale, Brad reflects on his departure from Orange County and evangelicalism. This provides a jumping off point for reflecting on what we’ve learned through the series, and, perhaps most importantly, how Orange County’s politics and culture provides a window into the contemporary moment.
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Abortion, the War on Women, and the Crusade to Save the “Unborn” (re-release)
Evangelical “Cultures of Life” and Abortion
Weekly Roundup: Religion, Roe, and What’s Next
In the wake of news that Roe v. Wade will likely be overturned, Brad and Dan begin this episode with a history of how evangelicals have transformed on the issue of abortion. In the 1960s and 1970s many evangelical pastors, theologians, and politicians were in favor of abortion in many cases and without too many […]
It’s in the Code, Ep. 2: Bible Church
The American Christian landscape is littered with “Bible churches.” It is full of churches that use the word “Bible” in their name, or that claim to be “Bible believing,” and affirm that they “preach the Bible,” and so on. What meaning can we discern behind this code? What can we know about the kinds of […]
The Gospel of Climate Skepticism (re-release)
Why are white evangelicals the most skeptical major religious group in America regarding climate change? Previous scholarship has pointed to cognitive factors such as conservative politics, anti-science attitudes, aversion to big government, and theology. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, scholar Robin Globus Veldman reveals the extent to which climate skepticism and anti-environmentalism have in fact become embedded […]
Weekly Roundup: J6 Pence None the Wiser
Brad and Dan begin this episode with a prolonged discussion of the newly released audio of Kevin McCarthy calling for Trump’s resignation and the revelations in the 2000+ texts of Mark Meadows revealed this week. Brad argues that in the McCarthy tapes you can see an alternative pathway for the country–one where the GOP and […]