American Idols

Sobering lessons from history that I pray we are not destined to repeat. Past European autocracies have always had support from religious bodies.

Fascinating topic, looking forward to learning more. Unfortunately the audio production of this podcast is not great and makes it hard to listen to. First episode was a lot of sweeping conclusions with very little citation - hope it gets better.

This could be a great and much needed project. I am a strong critic of what seems to be called Christian Nationalism, and came here hoping to get a better idea of what that term means and to understand it to better counter it. I listened to the first episode, and perhaps it gets better later but I’m not hopeful enough to invest the time. There are some great lines, but mainly sweeping conclusions with so little cohesive analysis of the underlying issue and not even an in-depth definition. It also seems to posit liberation theology mixed with critical theory as the antidote, which is really just another branch of the very same poison tree of modernity, and at any rate will not win over those under the spell of Christian Nationalism. I’d like to hear more subtlety, more analysis. I will look elsewhere.

You had me at the mention of Five Iron Frenzy. Asking the important questions here, I’m here for it.