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Evangelicalism's Fascination (Idolatry?) of Cultural and Political Power: Tim Alberta

Theology in the Raw

Theology in the Raw

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Tim Alberta is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and staff writer for The Atlantic magazine. He formerly served as chief political correspondent for POLITICO. In 2019, he published the critically acclaimed book, "American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump" and co-moderated the year's final Democratic presidential debate aired by PBS Newshour. His recent book is The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, and it forms the basis of our conversation about the evangelical church and its quest for cultural and political power. Get a FREE one year supply of vitamin D plus 5 travel packs! https://www.drinkag1.com/TITR Support Theology in the Raw through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw

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0:00.0

Hey friends, do you remember when I had Dr. Lee Camp on the podcast to talk about a Christian political identity?

0:06.4

It was episode 1139 and it was a fascinating conversation.

0:12.0

Anyway, Lee is one of my favorite Christian writers and thinkers,

0:15.0

and he also hosts a super engaging podcast called No Small Endeavor.

0:20.0

It's kind of like The Elgin' Ra, actually On no small endeavor, Lee will have curious conversations with with theologians, philosophers, best-selling authors, all to explore what it means to live a good life. His diverse range of guests include people

0:34.2

like Amy Grant, Tish Harrison Warren, Philip Yancey, Malcolm Gladwell, Eugene

0:39.0

Cho, Mir saw Volf, and many others all asking what it means to live a life worth living.

0:45.4

So if you like Theology and Ra, or even if you hate The Algia, you've got to go check out

0:50.0

no small endeavor on whatever app you use to get your podcast.

0:54.7

Hey friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and around my guest today is Tim

0:58.6

Alberta, who is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author and staff writer for the Atlantic magazine.

1:04.4

He formerly served as chief political correspondent for Politico.

1:08.8

In 2019, he published the critically acclaimed book American

1:12.8

carnage on the front lines of the Republican Civil War

1:16.4

and the rise of President Trump.

1:18.4

And just last year he released this book,

1:21.0

which I have in my hands right now. It's an excellent excellent book. I'm currently reading it's titled the kingdom the power and the glory

1:28.8

American Evangelicalism in an age of extremism. I've really appreciated, I mean, first of all, this book is

1:38.0

incredibly well written, it's hard to put down. His journalism is really, really good

1:42.3

and he's a very thoughtful writer, but he's also he critiques

1:46.1

kind of the underbelly of the American Evangelical Church from the perspective of somebody who clearly loves the evangelical church.

1:54.7

That's what I appreciated most about his posture both in the book and in this conversation.

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