Faith Angle Ethics and Public Policy Center

This episode explores how “masculinity” has shaped elements of white evangelicalism in America. As evangelicals frequently make headlines for their voting patterns and outsized political influence, this discussion will peel back the layers and go deeper—especially on issues of gender equality, racial justice, historic Christian orthodoxy, global expressions of evangelicalism, and the possibilities and limits for evangelical renewal. American evangelicalism is today navigating an important moment of reorientation and reexamination of its identity, and as our speakers highlight, it has much to learn from the history and witness of its global counterparts.

 

Guests

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Walter Kim

 

Additional Resources 

Jesus and John Wayne: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, by Kristin Kobes Du Mez 

National Association of Evangelicals 

On this episode, we are joined by Christine Emba, opinion columnist for The Washington Post, and Kimberly June Miller, a licensed marriage and family therapist. Christine has just written a fascinating new book called, Rethinking Sex: A Provocation, which opens with this moral quote: “It is only by asserting one’s humanness every time, in all situations, that one becomes someone rather than something. That, after all, is the core of our struggle.”

In this provocative book, Christine raises profound questions about meaning and connection, sexuality and even spirituality, as she traces shifting generational views of sex and sexual practices in America.

 

Guests

Christine Emba 

Kimberly June Miller 

 

Additional Reading 

Rethinking Sex: A Provocation, by Christine Emba 

Boundaries for Your Soul, by Kimberly June Miller and Alison Cook

How much of a role does religion play in the war Vladimir Putin launched in Ukraine? It's a complicated question, but the answer may very well be: more than most Western experts think. Our guests on this episode of the Faith Angle podcast bring decades of military, foreign policy, and peacemaking expertise to help us make sense of the horrible war now unfolding in Ukraine. Dr. Kori Schake is Director of Foreign and Defense Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, and Dr. Chris Seiple is Founder of the The Sagestone Group, as well as principal advisor to the Templeton Religion Trust. The picture in Ukraine is complex, and today's guests help us see more clearly. 


 


Guests


Kori Schake 


Chris Seiple


 


Additional Resources


"Putin Accidentally Revitalized the West's Liberal Order," by Kori Schake


The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement, by Chris Seiple 


 


Twitter Links 


Julia Ioffe 


Lawrence Freedman


Michael Kofman 


Rob Lee 


Shashank Joshi

In this episode, we are joined by a world-class Anglican theologian, Dr. Sarah Coakley, and a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for The New Yorker, Eliza Griswold. Dr. Coakley's scholarship looks at the Trinity, "New Asceticism," Christology, power, sexuality, and the distinction of the self. Today, she is continuing her trilogy in systematics, aiming in a forthcoming volume at a robust theological examination of race. In this episode, Dr. Coakley and Eliza connect the wisdom of historic Christian thinkers with the urgent issues of a world that is today perhaps more in need of justice than ever. 


 


Guests


Sarah Coakley


Eliza Griswold 


 


Additional Resources 


God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay "On the Trinity," by Sarah Coakley 


Powers and Submissions: Spirituality, Philosophy, and Gender, by Sarah Coakley


Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, by Eliza Griswold 


"The Unmaking of Biblical Womanhood" by Eliza Griswold 


 

On February 2, EPPC’s Faith Angle Forum had the privilege of hosting a fascinating online conversation with Dr. Francis Collins, the country’s first Presidentially appointed Director of the National Institutes of Health to have served for more than one administration in that role.


Alongside BioLogos president Dr. Deb Haarsma and EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner, who contributes regularly to The Atlantic and New York Times, Dr. Collins joined 11 journalists in conversation that included a firsthand window into the development of the mRNA vaccine, and as well as the spread of vaccine resistance among many Americans. The conversation moves swiftly and covers a lot of ground, from sociology to political religion, evolution to creation-science, choices about singing in church to assessing American institutions.


 


Guests


Dr. Francis Collins


Deborah Haarsma


Pete Wehner


 


Additional Resources 


Integrate: A Faith and Science Curriculum


 


 

In this episode, Kelefa Sanneh, staff writer for The New Yorker, is joined by John Azumah, Founding Executive Director of the Sanneh Institute, to discuss the legacy and witness of Kelefa's father Lamin Sanneh, a leading expert in Christian theology and missions as well as Christian-Muslim dialogue. Lamin's legacy continues on through the work of the Sanneh Institute, which seeks to educate and equip religious leaders, scholars, academic institutions, and the broader public on Christian and Muslim history, theology, and possibilities for interfaith partnership. 


 


Guests


Kelefa Sanneh


John Azumah


 


Learn More 


The African Christian and Islam by John Azumah 


My Neighbor's Faith: Islam Explained for Christians by John Azumah


Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh 


"The Plan to Build a Capital for Black Capitalism" by Kelefa Sanneh