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
Cold War Protestantism & Whataboutism
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- 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
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- 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?
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