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Republicans and Evangelicals: Bill Bright, Campus Crusade, and Cru

Season 6 Episode 38

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William R. “Bill” Bright was born in 1921 in Coweta, Oklahoma. Though raised in a religious environment, he initially pursued business success and personal …

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Republicans and Evangelicals I Jerry Falwell (part 2)

Season 6 Episode 37

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The New Right had a plan--to bring evangelical Christians together as a voting bloc. But how to do that? They chose a few targets, people with big followings, and c…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Republicans and Evangelicals I Jerry Falwell (part 1)

Season 6 Episode 36

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Jerry Falwell was a prominent American pastor, televangelist, and conservative political activist whose life and ministry had a significant impact on American evangelica…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Republicans and Evangelicals: Abortion

Season 6 Episode 35

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A lot of evangelicals are now single-issue voters, and that issue is abortion. But that was not always the case. In fact, for a great deal of American histor…

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Republicans and Evangelicals: The Death Penalty

Season 6 Episode 34

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the United States went years without using the death penalty. Not a single person was killed by injection, firing squad, h…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Republicans and Evangelicals | Bob Jones University v. The United States

Season 6 Episode 33

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Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed whether the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could deny tax…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

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Season 6

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Republicans and Evangelicals | George Wallace

Season 6 Episode 32

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George Wallace was, as historian Dan Carter put it, "the most influential loser in American history". He was the governor of Alabama and lost multiple bids f…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Republicans and Evangelicals I Boston Against Busing

Season 6 Episode 32

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We talk about racism in the United States like it only happens in the South. But the nasty truth is that the North is also guilty of racist behavior. This is evident in t…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans and Evangelicals I Segregation Academies (part 2)

Season 6 Episode 30

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In 2 Samuel 24 David is told that he must buy a certain piece of land in an act of repentance for his sins. The man who owns the land says that he'd like to g…

Published on 4 months ago