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The New Evangelicals Podcast

317. TNE TALKS: Exvangelical and Beyond with Blake Chastain

The New Evangelicals Podcast

Tim Whitaker

News, Religion & Spirituality, Politics, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation, Tim and Blake Chastain discuss the origins and implications of the exvangelical movement, exploring how American Christianity has radicalized over the years. They delve into the role of social media in facilitating deconstruction, the historical context of evangelicalism, and the intersection of race and faith. Chapters 03:08 The Origins of Exvangelical Movement 05:53 The Role of Social Media in Deconstruction 09:14 Historical Context of American Christianity 12:04 The Radicalization of American Christianity 14:59 The Intersection of Race and Evangelicalism 17:49 The Conservative Resurgence in the SBC 21:09 Defining Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism 24:00 The Future of Exvangelicalism 27:13 Personal Reflections on Faith and Identity Blake's Book | Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back Blake's Website | blakechastain.com _______________________________ REGISTER TO VOTE If you'd like to support our work, you can DONATE here! Get Tickets to Beer Camp (PROMO: TNEHOBBIT) Follow Us On Instagram @thenewevangelicals  Subscribe On YouTube @thenewevangelicals The New Evangelicals exists to support those who are tired of how evangelical church has been done before and want to see an authentic faith lived out with Jesus at the center. We are committed to building a caring community that emulates the ways of Jesus by reclaiming the evangelical tradition and embracing values that build a better way forward. If you’ve been marginalized by your faith, you are welcome here. We’ve built an empathetic and inclusive space that encourages authentic conversations, connections and faith. Whether you consider yourself a Christian, an exvangelical, someone who's questioning your faith, or someone who's left the faith entirely, you are welcome here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the new Evangelicals podcast.

0:03.2

Welcome to the new evangelicals talks. I'm Tim the host of this segment.

0:18.4

Join us every Monday as we talk to all different kinds of people at the

0:21.9

intersection of theology, politics, and culture,

0:25.2

helping you navigate a better path forward in your faith.

0:28.1

Hey, what's up friends. Welcome back. I had a great conversation today with Blake Chastain. He is the person who coined the term ex- evangelicalical back in 2016 and he has his first book out.

0:46.1

It's called Ex-Angelical and Beyond how American Christianity went radical and the movement that's

0:51.6

fighting back. This is a fantastic conversation about the history of

0:56.2

evangelicalism, kind of how we got here, but also who's fighting back and what does that mean?

1:00.6

I just, I love talking to people like this who have done the work to

1:03.9

kind of give us a language of the moment that we're in and what do we do? So many of

1:08.7

us and we know this right this is such a common story for most of our audience.

1:14.1

So many of us did not know that a better path forward

1:17.1

was possible in our faith.

1:18.8

And when you discover that, it's like, whoa,

1:21.6

like there's so much more to explore

1:23.4

so people like Blake in their books just really help us first understand where we

1:27.8

came from and what is going on there and then also what do we do going forward so I think you're going to really

1:33.4

enjoy this conversation and friends I want to thank you of course for being here hey if you

1:36.9

want to support the work that we do we are a nonprofit I know I say it almost

1:41.0

every intro but a nonprofit means that we don't do stuff to make money

1:46.5

We do stuff to make it accessible and frankly the only reason why we're able to

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