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Weekly Roundup: Romney vs Trump, Evangelicals vs. LDS, the National Prayer Breakfast, and More

Brad and Dan discuss how we should interpret Mitt Romney’s vote to convict Trump as an expression of how the Latter Day Saints view the president, and why they are less likely to be Christian nationalists. They also dig into the National Prayer Breakfast, the Southern Baptist Convention’s views on the LGBT community, and Franklin Graham’s woes in the UK.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support

The Super Bowl Halftime Show and Purity Culture

Brad dissects the evangelical scrutiny of the halftime show, demonstrating how Franklin Graham’s (et al) criticism comes from the misogyny of purity culture, a history of othering people of color through a sexual lens, and willful ignorance on forms of exploitation. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the […]

Her Name Was Hisao: On Love, Loss, and the Lakers

Brad’s audio essay on his great grandmother, Hisao, a picture-bride who couldn’t speak English, but who became an American, a Californian, and an Angelino through the Lakers; the woman who began four generations of his family’s love of basketball. In the wake of Kobe Bryant’s death, it’s a reflection on the joy and sorrow of migration, love, and ‘Ohana.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support

Weekly Roundup: Funding Anti-LGBT Schools with Tax $, the Radical MLK, and the March for “Life”

On the Weekly Roundup Brad and Dan discuss Espinoza vs. Montana, a supreme court case that will determine if states must fund private schools. They discuss how currently millions of dollars in tax money is being sent to anti-LGBT institutions. They also discuss the whitewashed radicalism of MLK JR., and evangelical quietism on abortion.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support

Escaping Abuse at a Fundamentalist Boot Camp

Brad talks with Deirdre Sugiuchi about her story of leaving a fundamentalist boot camp in the Dominican Republic. Deirdre, a writer whose work has been featured at Electric Literature, Guernica, and who contributed an essay to EMPTY THE PEWS, speaks of the emotional and sexual abuse at Escuela Caribe and the dangers she sees in the current administration’s approach to religious education. *WARNING: This episode does contain descriptions of sexual abuse.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support

Weekly Roundup: Catholic Trumpism, Brave Heart Christianity, and the Two Popes

On the weekly roundup, Dan and Brad focus on a Politico story about the Trump campaign reaching out to Catholic voters. They explain how a sizable number of Catholics fall into the Christian Nationalist category, what it means for 2020, and how we should expand our vision of Trump’s religious supporters beyond white evangelicals. They also talk about controversy between the two popes, a cringeworthy new center at Liberty University inspired by Braveheart, and the bar at Trump Hotel in DC.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support

Weekly Roundup: Praying for War (video available on Youtube)

Brad and Dan discuss how Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo brought their end-times theology to bear on American foreign policy through the assassination of Quassem Soleimani. They explain how evangelical approaches to the end of the world are informing our nation’s decision-making at the highest levels. Plus: Don Jr. Crusades gun, the Evangelicals for Trump Rally, and Jim Bakker says you must be saved in order to love Trump. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5R6Vhmfhs8&t=209s— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support

Shrinking Numbers, Holding Power: Iran, the UMC Schism,and More with Robert P. Jones

Brad speaks with PRRI CEO and author of “The End of White Christian America” Robert P. Jones. They discuss the ongoing developments with Iran, the United Methodist Church’s split over LGBT issues, and how evangelicals are a shrinking demographic that somehow continues to hold enormous power in American politics.— Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/straightwhiteamericanjesu/support

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