194: The Power Worshippers (w/Katherine Stewart)

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture, Science

4.2 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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January 6, 2021. MAGA hats, tactical gear, American flags, poles turned into clubs. Another flag appears: white, with a blue corner square containing a red Latin cross. Another that proclaims “Jesus is King.” If you’re agnostic or atheist, you might get that old familiar feeling. Horror at the irrational devotion, nausea at the toxic masculine violence that justifies itself as holy. But what if you recognize that Protestant flag from your own church sanctuary? What if you recognize in that mob people from your church choir? Will you wonder how their faith was replaced by conspiracy theories, and how their Jesus turned into Trump? That’s the question posed by “God & Country,” a new documentary by Dan Partland and produced by Rob Reiner, based on the book The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart. Stewart is an investigative reporter and author who has covered religious liberty, politics, policy, and education for over a decade. Her journalism appears in the NY Times, NBC, the New Republic, and the New York Review of Books. She joins us today to discuss the dangers of growing Christian Nationalism in America. Butcherbox promo: Sign up today at butcherbox.com/conspirituality and use code conspirituality to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:02.0	media podcast.
0:06.0	The issue of trying to get different types of messaging
0:10.0	into churches is not going to solve the problem alone.
0:14.7	I think if we want to turn the political tide,
0:17.6	we really need to recognize it.
0:20.0	Again, this is not a problem of theology.
0:22.3	It's not just about the culture wars.
0:24.9	This is a problem of politics and it requires political solutions.
0:29.0	We need to recognize the value of turning out the base of voters who reject the politics of
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