323: The Threat of White Christian Nationalism - Part IV: Why Do White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump? (with Sarah Posner)
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🗓️ 19 February 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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In the fourth and final episode of “The Threat of White Christian Nationalism”, host Reed Galen is joined by investigative journalist and author Sarah Posner. They discuss the historical roots of the Christian right (including the opposition to desegregation and the rise of the prosperity gospel), what MAGA learns from Christian nationalism’s spiritual warfare and charismatic worship practices, and what a possible Trump victory (or loss) would mean for the movement of white Christian nationalism. If you’d like to hear more from Sarah Posner, be sure to pick up her latest book, Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump. For more from Reed Galen, subscribe to “The Home Front”. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.
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| 0:00.0 | everyone, it's read. These next several episodes are going to be dedicated to the study and |
| 0:05.5 | illustration of the white Christian evangelical movement in America and what it means for our |
| 0:11.4 | politics. We've got some experts, some very thoughtful people, some authors who are all going to |
| 0:16.9 | help us walk through exactly what's going on, how this church operates, and what it |
| 0:22.1 | means for our democracy. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did interviewing. And now, |
| 0:29.0 | on with the show. Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. |
| 0:39.9 | I'm your host, Reed Galen. |
| 0:41.8 | Today, I'm joined by Sarah Poster, an author and investigative journalist who covers the religious right in Republican politics. |
| 0:48.5 | She's a columnist for MSNBC, a contributor for Talking Points memo, and her work has been featured in many other major outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone. |
| 0:58.5 | Her latest book is Unholy, Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump. |
| 1:04.3 | Guys, go out and get this book. |
| 1:06.3 | Today, she's coming to us in studio from Washington, D.C. Sarah, welcome. |
| 1:10.9 | Thanks for having me, Reed. So I'm going to start in a place Washington, D.C. Sarah, welcome. Thanks for having me, Reed. |
| 1:12.1 | So I'm going to start in a place you probably didn't expect at Ford's Theater with President |
| 1:18.0 | Abraham Lincoln watching a show. And John Wilkes Booth assassinating him that night, |
| 1:25.4 | he passed away the next day. I should say he passed away the next day shot him that night passed away the next day and with |
| 1:30.4 | that all of the opportunity that a political genius like Abraham Lincoln would |
| 1:37.3 | have been able to bring to a post-Civil War America and to Reconstruction |
| 1:43.0 | died with him. |
| 1:45.0 | And that a lot of what we're seeing and going through your incredible book |
| 1:50.0 | goes back to that night in April in 1865 with the mixing of racism, |
| 2:00.6 | place in the world, education, the lost cause. |
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