Episodes

May 10, 2021

The Long History of a National Menace

Philip Gorski on the History and Future of Christian Nationalism in the USA
May 7, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Extremism is the Virtue

The Grand Obstructionist Party
May 5, 2021

The Rise of the Illiberals

Fascism is Trending and the Worst is Yet to Come
May 3, 2021

"I'm a Fascist"

Orthodoxy, Putin Veneration, and Fascism in Rural Appalachia
April 30, 2021

Weekly Roundup: This is Not Not a Racist Country

On Rick Santorum, Promise Keepers, Josh Duggar, and Caitlyn Jenner
April 26, 2021

The Museum of the Bible

Monument to White American Evangelicalism and Christian Nationalism
April 24, 2021

Weekly Roundup: The Civil War Never Ended

America First, George Floyd, and Racial Violence
April 21, 2021

Police Brutality, Family Values, and White Supremacist Christianity

Thoughts on the Derek Chauvin Murder Conviction
April 19, 2021

Teaching Creationism = Gateway for LGBTQ+ Bigotry

With Constitutional Lawyer Andrew Seidel
April 16, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Tragically Back to Normal

Brad and Dan discuss how returning to normal after the pandemic is tragic in contemporary America: from the murder of Daunte Wright during the Derek Chauvin murder trial to the propagation of White replacement theory by prom…
April 15, 2021

Satisfying Yourself: Response #2 to Timothy Keller

Response #2 to Timothy Keller
April 14, 2021

Satisfying Yourself

Response #2 to Timothy Keller
April 9, 2021

Weekly Roundup: The Problem with the Focus on the Family

Brad and Dan draw on Sophie Bjork-James' new book, the Divine Institution, to demonstrate how Evangelicals use the nuclear family in order to both attack members of the LGBTQ+ community and draw attention away from systemic …
April 7, 2021

White Supremacists, Border Vigilantes, and Survivalists with Dr. Susannah Crockford

Brad is joined by Dr. Susannah Crockford, author of " Thank God for the greatest country on earth: white supremacy, vigilantes, and survivalists in the struggle to define the American nation ," an article in which she shares…
April 5, 2021

The Christian Soulmate Fallacy--Response to Timothy Keller

Brad responds to a Twitter thread by Timothy Keller, pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Keller argues for sex in a lifelong covenant marked by deep permanent union. He calls this biblical. Brad points out that the only …
April 2, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Why Are They Trying Write Trans People Out of Existence?

Brad and Dan are happy to announce that SWAJ is joining the Irreverent Media Group--a collective of podcasts that offers content on deconstruction, rediscovery, and everything in between. We outline the details at the top of…
March 31, 2021

Being a Woman of Color in Purity Culture with Asha Dahya

TEDx speaker and author Asha Dahya is the Creator and Editor in Chief of GIRLTALKHQ. She was born in the UK, raised in Australia, and now lives in the USA. Of Indian descent, Asha grew up in Evangelical churches and was imbu…
March 29, 2021

Focus on Your Own Family: Response to Focus on the Family's Jim Daly

Brad’s response to Focus on the Family head Jim Daly, who mentioned him in a recent article . In the article Daly tried to deflect the analyses that connect the Atlanta shooter with Evangelicalism and purity culture. Brad di…
March 26, 2021

Weekly Roundup: Is There Anything Wrong with Christian Nationalism? (Hint: Yes)

Dan provides a detailed rebuttal to a piece claiming that there the concern about Christian nationalism is an overblown conspiracy by liberals and celebrities. Brad links this to the draconian voter-suppression law signed in…
March 25, 2021

Ravi Zacharias, the Atlanta Shooter, Anti-Asian Hate, and Misogyny

Brad talks with Adrian Gibbs, co-host of the Dirty Rotten Church Kids and an ex-evangelical of Filipino descent, about the connections between Ravi Zacharias' abuse of spa workers of Asian descent and the killing of six Asia…
March 22, 2021

Sex, Theology, Purity--Response to Al Mohler

Brad was featured in a NYT article about purity culture and its affect on the Atlanta shooter along with other academics and advocates including Sam Perry, Joshua Grubbs, and Rachael Denhollander. Soon thereafter Albert Mohl…
March 20, 2021

Weekly Roundup: A Massacre in Atlanta

Brad and Dan discuss the various threads connecting the massacre in Atlanta: from the history of anti-Asian racism, to the various dimensions of purity culture, to the cover Christian nationalism provides to acts of violence…
March 18, 2021

Anti-Asian Hate, Purity Culture, and Christian Nationalism

In the wake of the mass shooting of 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women, Brad ties together the threads of anti-Asian hate, purity culture, and Christian nationalism. Killing half a dozen Asian women and attributing it to s…
March 16, 2021

Faith After Evangelicalism

Brad explains how evangelicalism destroys faith, because it destroys any sense of uncertainty and unpredictability. By working in a register of moral, political, and theological certainty, evangelicalism becomes the anti-the…