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Purity Culture, National Security, and Racism
Brad speaks with Dr. Sara Moslener, author of Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence from Oxford University Press. Dr. Moslener outlin…
5 years, 5 months ago
Weekly Roundup: 9/11, COVID, and the Promises and Perils of Civil Religion
Brad and Dan begin by discussing how 9/11 is an event marked by acts of civil religion--ceremonies, rituals, and symbols that enable the nation to re…
5 years, 5 months ago
Racism at the Start: History of the Religious Right (re-issue)
During the first half of this episode Brad and Dan trace the racist and nationalistic origins of white evangelical politics. On the second half, Brad…
5 years, 5 months ago
Sex Scandals, Christianity, and America
Brad interviews Dr. Leslie Dorrough Smith about her new book, Compromising Positions: Scandals, Politics, and American Christianity. She breaks down …
5 years, 5 months ago
Weekly Roundup September 4, 2020: Man. Woman. Losers. Suckers. Soldiers.
Dan confesses that 1st grade on Zoom is more intimidating than translating French philosophy or reading Hebrew. He and Brad then discuss the bombshel…
5 years, 5 months ago
Fascism Draped in the Flag
Brad and Dan discuss the vagaries of the new semester and the apocalyptic challenges posed by Zoom and Outlook. They then dissect the events in Kenos…
5 years, 5 months ago
Dating Jesus: Purity Culture, Male Savagery, and Female Passivity (re-release)
On this re-released episode, which takes on new significance in light of the Falwell scandal, Brad and Dan discuss how sexuality and gender are viewe…
5 years, 6 months ago
Weekly Roundup" Catholic Convention/ Kamala Criticized/ Corrupt Cronies / QAnon Candidates
Brad and Dan discuss the latest of Falwell's Follies. They then analyze the presence of religion and faith at the Democratic convention, the fallout …
5 years, 6 months ago
Weekly Roundup: A Coup in Plain Sight
Dan laments the end of our favorite segment, Falwell's Follies. Then he and Brad discuss the interfaith and mixed-race background of Kamal Harris, Bi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Falwell's Fall . . . and Redemption with Diana Butler Bass
Brad talks to Dr. Diana Butler Bass, distinguished scholar of American Christianity, about Jerry Falwell Jr's. demise. Last week, racy pictures poste…
5 years, 6 months ago