American Idolatry: A Christian Against Christian Nationalism (with Andrew Whitehead)

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The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Sociologist Dr. Andrew Whitehead is a Christian. He's also a strong opponent of Christian Nationalism and far-right attempts to install an American theocracy. He joins us to talk about his new book on the subject.

BOOK: American Idolatry

VIDEO of this conversation: https://youtu.be/hRMwnXSn4Cw

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0:00.0	Okay, here we got to stand by.
0:02.0	Three, two, one.
0:05.0	The thinking atheist, it's not a person.
0:08.0	It's a symbol.
0:10.0	An idea. The population of atheists in this country is going through the room.
0:13.8	Rejecting faith.
0:15.8	For silly knowledge, challenging the sacred.
0:18.8	If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth, not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.
0:25.0	And working together for a more Russian world.
0:29.0	Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
0:31.0	Much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.
0:35.0	Assume nothing. Question everything and start thinking. This is the Thinking Atheist podcast hosted by Seth Andrews. I'm always talking about trying to find points of connection of shared values.
1:03.4	And I have followed this guy for a long time.
1:07.1	And so I just threw a feeler out,
1:09.0	hey, would you join me on the show?
1:10.9	I know you're a believer, you're a're Christian but we have a lot in common can we talk and he
1:16.5	joins me here Andrew Whitehead is associate professor of sociology and Director of the Association of Religion Data Archives
1:26.5	at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis.
1:34.6	Come on, you gotta give me like a shorter intro, man.
1:38.0	I know.
1:39.0	Yeah, that's a lot of words, a lot of words.
1:41.0	It's so impressive.
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