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In His Steps (part 1)
Season 5 Episode 14
In His Steps by Charles Sheldon is a classic of Christian fiction. It is also one of the top-selling Christian books of all time. We've been running through the history of Christian fundamentalism th…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
The Holiness Movement | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Season 5 Episode 13
Can a Christian be holy? Can we go a week, a day, or an hour without sinning?
These are questions that modern Christians struggle with. They have their origin in John Wesley, a hymn writer, preacher, …
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Moody's Lieutenants | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Season 5 Episode 12
After the evangelist D.L. Moody died at the end of the 1800s, he left behind a series of lieutenants, guys who carried on the work of sharing the gospel and shaping culture. It was these men who went…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
D.L. Moody | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Season 5 Episode 11
DL Moody. The name may be familiar. There is a Moody Publishers, a Moody Bible Institute, Moody Radio. His name is all over evangelicalism. His remarkable life story is something worth noting. Though…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Social Darwinism and the Spanish-American War | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Season 5 Episode 10
The 1800s were an era of big questions, many of which we answered in cruel and selfish ways.
Is one race better than another? Is one religion? If so, which one? In what ways? Is one economic system b…Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Populism | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Season 5 Episode 9
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Populism is a tricky subject. We use it these days as a slur, but populism can be a useful phenomenon. History professor and author Michael Kazin says t…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Gold Standard and the Great Depression
Season 5 Episode 8
The Great Depression. Some say that it was caused by a failure of the stock market. Well... that's not all. Jacob Goldstein, host of NPR's Planet Money podcast and author of "Money: the Truce Story o…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
The Gold Standard | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Season 5 Episode 7
There was a time not so long ago when the value of an ounce of gold cost $20.67. That was true not just in one moment or one year. It was true in the 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1920s... This was the gold s…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
How Do We Deal with Christian Fundamentalism? | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Season 5 Episode 6
This season of the Truce Podcast tracks the history of Christian fundamentalism. So far we've covered the rise of para-church ministries through preachers, the creation of dispensationalism, and the …
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
The Liberals | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Season 5 Episode 5
George Marsden characterized Christian fundamentalism as "militantly anti-modernist protestant evangelicalism". Right there you see that fundamentalism is a reaction against something. And that somet…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago