Jeremy Kasey Secular Nation Podcast Episode 12
Secular Nation Podcast
Secular Nation – Episode 12 – Religion & The Cold War
This Week Justin and Jeremy discuss religion before and during the Cold War. We attempt to dissect how the history of the nineteenth century American protestantism explains our current political situation. A situation where over 80% of American evangelicals voted for Trump.
With discussions ranging from the prosperity gospel to Russian Whataboutism, there’s not a whole lot you’d want to miss.
Pre Cold War Protestantism
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5769
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/10/religion_and_politics
Cold War Protestantism & Whataboutism
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/30/396365659/how-one-nation-didnt-become-under-god-until-the-50s-religious-revival
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/17/520435073/trump-embraces-one-of-russias-favorite-propaganda-tactics-whataboutism
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/03/21/russia_and_western_double_standards_the_long_history_of_russian_complaints.html
http://www.economist.com/node/10598774
The Prosperity Gospel & Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/15/how-the-prosperity-gospel-explains-donald-trumps-popularity-with-christian-voters/?utm_term=.72f538b3fa65
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-pastor-paula-white-225315
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/01/03/evangelicals-should-be-deeply-troubled-by-donald-trumps-attempt-to-mainstream-heresy/?utm_term=.f2de30bd3825
Is secularization to blame?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/breaking-faith/517785/
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Theme: “Final Walk” by cdk (Courtesy of ccmixter.org)