Found this podcast incredibly enlightening. I enjoy anything that tries give perspective on current issues, then tying it with history to see how it came to fruition.
Throughline: Apocalypse Now
Some things that really stood out to me:
For those on the board who are older than me or even might've been fortunate enough to know some of these Evangelical leaders, what holes do you find in this podcasts?
How do you see the "throughline" of the American Evangelical movement's ties to political involvement from 19th century to becoming a "voting block" in the 1980s -- 2016/Trump?
Throughline: Apocalypse Now
Some things that really stood out to me:
- Southern Evangelicalism and it unfortunate ties to racism (for lack of a better way of saying it)
- Moderate/Liberal Evangelicals splitting from "radical" Evangelicals aka Fundamentalists in the early 20th century
- Realizing "the Rapture" was not even something that was conjured in the way we think of it today, until John Nelson Darby in the 19th century.
- Christianity Today and SBC basically being indifferent to abortion in the years prior to Roe v. Wade and even a few years after
- Private Christian Evangelical schools that popped up in the 60s and 70s to "combat" desegrigation until Green v Connally case shot down their tax-free status
- Paul Weyrich and Jerry Falwell's role in turning the abortion issue back into a firestorm thru Moral Majority PAC 5-6 years after Roe v Wade
For those on the board who are older than me or even might've been fortunate enough to know some of these Evangelical leaders, what holes do you find in this podcasts?
How do you see the "throughline" of the American Evangelical movement's ties to political involvement from 19th century to becoming a "voting block" in the 1980s -- 2016/Trump?