Episode 518: Christian Nationalism Round-Up & Disability Justice with Amy Kenny
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2022
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
With Trump out of office and the pandemic restrictions eased, Christian Nationalists are looking for new causes to rally the MAGA faithful. The Holy Post crew looks at the latest stories from these holy trollers including Michael Flynn’s incoherent argument that the Bible “wrote” most of the Constitution. A new exposé of MAGA worship leader Sean Feucht by Rolling Stone shows his ministry, which has one employee, has raised millions in donations and purchased three houses. And Jemar Tisby offers a useful definition of Christian Nationalism that reveals why it’s not Christian at all. Then Kaitlyn Schiess interviews disabled scholar and Shakespeare lecturer, Amy Kenny, about her book My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church. Together, they unpack overlooked or misinterpreted passages in the gospels about disabilities, and Kenny explains why the church is missing out on the prophetic witness and blessing of disability.
News Segment:
0:00 - Intro
3:56 - Rolling Stone article on Sean Feucht
13:37 - Michael Flynn on the Bible and the Constitution
15:38 - 7 Mountain Dominionists event
24:30 - What do we do about Christian nationalism?
34:37 - Jemar Tisby's definition of Christian nationalism
38:50 - PRRI stat on addressing common problems
48:00 - Holy Post announcements
Interview with Amy Kenny
"My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church" - https://amzn.to/3OkMfIc
49:51 - Amy Kenny Intro
51:08 - Book background
55:01 - Damaging things Christians say
1:00:13 - Theological errors
1:02:50 - Disability and Scripture
1:20:26 - How churches can think differently about disability
1:26:24 - Credits
Articles mentioned in news segment:
"MAGA Preacher Sean Feucht Scored Millions From His Trump-Loving Flock" (Rolling Stone) - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/maga-preacher-sean-feucht-scored-millions-from-his-trump-loving-flock-1380126/
"Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn Says 75-80% of the Constitution was ‘Created by the Bible Itself’" (Mediaite) - https://www.mediaite.com/politics/former-national-security-advisor-michael-flynn-says-75-80-of-the-constitution-was-created-by-the-bible-itself/
"The 7 Mountain Dominionists converge on Duluth, Georgia" by John Fea (Current) - https://currentpub.com/2022/07/17/the-7-mountain-dominionists-converge-on-duluth-georgia/
"Christian Nationalism's Influence on American Politics" (with Jemar Tisby, NPR) - https://www.npr.org/2022/07/11/1110949385/christian-nationalisms-influence-on-american-politics
PRRI stats on prioritizing political cooperation to solve common problems - https://twitter.com/profsamperry/status/1548794843652128774
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. Today we have a Christian nationalism roundup. With Trump out of office |
| 0:05.4 | and the pandemic restrictions easing, Christian nationalists are looking for new causes to rally the |
| 0:10.6 | faithful. We look at Michael Flynn's incoherent argument that the Bible somehow wrote the Constitution, |
| 0:17.3 | and a new exposé of Maga worship leader Sean Foitt by Rolling Stone shows that his ministry, |
| 0:22.8 | which has only one employee, has raised millions in donations and purchased three houses. |
| 0:28.5 | Plus, Jamar Tisby offers a useful definition of Christian nationalism that reveals why it's |
| 0:33.8 | really not Christian at all. Then, Caitlin Chess interviews disabled scholar and Shakespeare lecturer |
| 0:39.8 | Amy Kenney about her new book, My Body Is Not a Prayer Request, Disability Justice in the Church. |
| 0:46.6 | A quick note to our Patreon subscribers before we jump into the episode. First of all, |
| 0:51.1 | thanks again for your support. We couldn't do this without you. Secondly, we have another new |
| 0:55.6 | episode of Christian asks coming out this week exclusively for you. Finally, Phil and I will be |
| 1:01.2 | recording a Q&A episode soon using questions from your voicemails. So if you're a Patreon |
| 1:06.8 | supporter and you've not left us your question yet via voicemail, be sure to get that in really soon |
| 1:11.8 | so you can make it before the recording date. And of course, if you're not a Patreon supporter yet, |
| 1:16.6 | then go to HolyPost.com and click the support us button. Okay, here is episode 518. |
| 1:22.8 | Hi there. Welcome back to the HolyPost podcast. This is Phil Visher. I'm here with Christian Taylor. |
| 1:27.9 | Hi, Christian. Hey, Phil. How are you? Good. Thank you. And you? I'm doing great. |
| 1:33.6 | You're orange and sunny. Yes. From your orange. We have we have Christian beaming in from the orange |
| 1:39.8 | room and we have sky beaming in from the desk star and skyge. Tony, how are you sky? I am doing |
| 1:46.0 | just peachy. Peachy? You spoke some you spoke somewhere yesterday yesterday with Sunday as we're |
| 1:53.5 | recording this on Monday and you spoke somewhere. Where did you speak? I spoke at transformation |
| 1:59.1 | church in South Carolina, which is our friend Durwin Gray's church. What? You spoke at Durwin's |
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