Podcast Episodes

The End of Reconstruction | Christian Fundamentalism Series

Season 5 Episode 4

The 1800s were a time of milking cows and going to the county fair.

Sure... but what else? We tend to think of this century as a quiet, pastoral era when people were friendly and life was simple. But …

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Dispensationalism and John Nelson Darby | Christian Fundamentalism Series

Season 5 Episode 3

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This season we're tracing the history of Christian fundamentalism through the life of William Jennings Bryan. But first, we need …

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Premillennialism and Postmillennialism | Christian Fundamentalism Series

Season 5 Episode 2

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What is the difference between premillennialism and postmillennialism? And what does it matter?

After the French Revolution in the late 1700s, Christians began to see the…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Fundamentalism Contest!

Season 5

What is Christian fundamentalism? I'd like to hear your definition!

Find Truce on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook at @trucepodcast and leave your 1-3 sentence definition. I'll take those and post them…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

What Is An Evangelical? | Christian Fundamentalism Series

Season 5 Episode 1

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Correction: The original version of this episode incorrectly represented Arminian belief. It involves the belief that once grace is offered by God that a sinner ca…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Season Five Trailer - The History of Christian Fundamentalism

Season 5

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In our present moment, it seems that people are inclined to extremes. Christian fundamentalism seems to be on the rise. This season we're examining the history of…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

The Pew and the Picket Line (rebroadcast)

Season 4 Episode 19

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The United States and Russia ran along parallel tracks in the late 1800s and 1900s. Both were empires. Both were tangled in war. Both…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Christmas and the Sermon on the Mount

Season 4 Episode 18

Christmas can be a difficult time for many of us. How do we love people who disagree with us? How do we cope with people who don't seem to make sense anymore?

In this bonus Christmas message, I just w…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Carry Nation and Women's Rights

Season 4 Episode 17

It took a long time for women to get the right to vote. And it took a lot of different opinions about how to go about fighting for that right. Frances Willard, the second president of the Woman's Chr…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Suffrage and Prohibition

Season 4 Episode 16

The 1800s were a drunken mess. The median adult in the US drank 1.7 bottles of 80 proof alcohol each week. Each week! The 1800s were also a time when women didn't have many rights: they couldn't vote…

Published on 4 years ago