580: The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy with Robert P. Jones
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Data indicates that white supremacy is growing in popularity, and according to FBI statistics hate crimes have spiked by 35 percent in recent years. Why can't America shake itself free from white supremacy? The president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute, Robert P. Jones, is back to discuss his new book about the real roots of white supremacy in the 15th century Doctrine of Discovery. Also this week, why are religious Republican primary candidates losing so badly to Donald Trump? Holy Post Pundit and sociologist, Ryan Burge, says despite 30 years of conservative political activism liberals have clearly won the culture war. So why are so many evangelicals still fighting it? And, research finds robot preachers stink, and Phil is confused about professional corn hole players.
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0:00 - Intro
1:28 - Show Starts
4:27 - Theme Song
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6:03 - News of the Good
13:45 - Robotic Preachers
19:31 - GOP Debate
29:09 - Liberals Have Won the Culture War
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- Interview Intro
Robert Jones
54:08 - The 1619 Project
1:04:51 - The Doctrine of Discovery Manifest Destiny
1:13:53 - The modern ramifications
1:31:44 - End Credits
Links mentioned in news segment:
Quadruple Amputee Given 3% of Survival as Baby Defies Odds, Becomes Pro Sportsman
https://mymodernmet.com/dayton-webber-american-cornhole-league-quadruple-amputee/
Robot preachers get less respect, fewer donations
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2023/07/robot-preachers-less-respect
Liberals have won the Culture War
https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/liberals-have-won-the-culture-war
Other resources:
The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future by Robert Jones
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert Jones
Holy Post Episode 475 with Robert Jones
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Holy Post. Data indicates that white supremacy is growing in popularity, |
| 0:05.7 | and according to the FBI, hate crimes have spiked by 35% in recent years. Why can't America |
| 0:12.3 | shake itself free from white supremacy? The president and founder of Public Religion Research |
| 0:17.5 | Institute, Robert P. Jones, is back to discuss his new book about the real roots of white supremacy. |
| 0:23.8 | Also this week, why are religious Republican primary candidates losing so badly to Donald Trump? |
| 0:30.1 | Plus, Ryan Burge says, despite 30 years of conservative political activism, |
| 0:34.9 | liberals have clearly won the culture war. So why are so many evangelicals still determined to |
| 0:40.0 | fight it? All of that, plus researchers find that robot preachers stink, and Phil is confused |
| 0:46.1 | about professional cornhole players. A few other quick announcements before we jump into the show. |
| 0:51.6 | We've got some more Holy Post content beyond just this episode this week. There's a new video |
| 0:56.8 | featuring Caitlyn and three experts who go deeper into her Bible and Politics explainer video. |
| 1:02.8 | I've written a new article at holypost.com, and exclusively for Holy Post Plus subscribers, |
| 1:08.4 | there's a new episode of getting schooled, where Caitlyn explains the evangelical affinity |
| 1:13.2 | for conspiracy theories. You can find all of this at holypost.com and become a Holy Post Plus |
| 1:19.2 | subscriber to get full access to everything we're doing, plus add free episodes. All right, |
| 1:25.5 | here is episode 580. Hey there, this is Phil. Welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. I'm here |
| 1:31.0 | with Christian Taylor. Hey there. Hi Christian and Skyjitani. Hey everyone, hi Sky. Boy, |
| 1:40.0 | I feel like I'm more excited than you guys are. I am really happy to be here. I haven't been here |
| 1:46.6 | in a long time. I know. I even had a comment from somebody like, where have you been? And they thought |
| 1:51.5 | I was doing some dancing on a stage at the Republican convention or CPAC or something. Really? |
| 1:57.2 | Which was not me. Let me make that clear. I did go to Orange Beach with my dad. I've been taking |
| 2:02.9 | care of my dad. And then this weekend I was super happy to be in Dubuque, Iowa. Your home state, |
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