French Friday: Liberty U., Israel, & Social Identity Theory
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Liberty University, the country’s largest Christian college, is facing a record-breaking fine of $37.5 million for failing to report crimes, including sexual assaults, that occur on its campus. David French and Skye Jethani discuss the case and its similarities to other scandals within Christian institutions. Why is there a culture of cover-ups within American evangelicalism? French points to the “siege mentality” of the culture war, and Jethani unpacks the way strong group identities make us dismissive of our group’s evils while magnifying those of others. They then apply this other news stories including Israel’s war with Hamas and the ongoing mess in Congress. Plus, they get nerdy about new sci-fi shows from Apple.
0:00 - Theme Song
0:17 - Silo
2:55 - Latest Liberty U. Scandal
25:18 - Sponsor - Sundays Dog Food
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26:30 - Social Identity Theory
54:19- End Credits
Other resources:
David French: https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench
The Worst Scandal in American Higher Education Isn’t in the Ivy League
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/opinion/liberty-university-scandal-education.html
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, what day it is, it's French Friday, it's French Friday, so grab your prize and say |
| 0:08.0 | hooray, date of French is here to play on French Friday, it's French Friday. |
| 0:17.4 | David, welcome back. |
| 0:19.9 | Thanks so much for having me. |
| 0:21.2 | Yeah, well, okay, here's the thing. |
| 0:23.4 | The world is falling apart, David. |
| 0:26.0 | We have multiple wars going on that we may touch on at some point in this discussion. |
| 0:31.8 | The United States Congress is totally dysfunctional and at a standstill evangelical institutions |
| 0:37.8 | are embroiled in scandal and seem to be collapsing with rapid pace. |
| 0:43.8 | Before we get into all of that, though, can we just pause and have a brief moment of |
| 0:49.9 | geeky nerddom? |
| 0:51.9 | I, it doesn't even have to be brief. |
| 0:55.4 | I don't want to derail more important topics. |
| 0:58.2 | Last month when we spoke, you recommended to me an Apple TV plus show called Silo. |
| 1:04.1 | Yes. |
| 1:05.1 | I watched it. |
| 1:06.7 | Oh my goodness, it was fantastic. |
| 1:10.3 | It was so, so good. |
| 1:12.5 | Yes, yes, it's so good, it's so original, there's a, it's an unfolding mystery. |
| 1:21.2 | It is brilliantly acted and yeah, the whole time you're both enjoying the show and one |
| 1:30.8 | in thinking through the mystery and it's fantastic. |
| 1:35.2 | Yeah, and I know apparently it's based on a set of novels and I'm not going to give any |
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