From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. And this week we put Christianity under the microscope.

We examine the role of the religious right in U.S. politics.

Evangelicals want the power and the privilege that comes with Christian nationalism.

And who delivers that to them? They don't care as much.

And how the religious left is harder to define.

I mean, Native American spirituality is not the same thing as covering an Episcal priest,

which is not the same thing as covering a Muslim community.

Also, the myth of Christian martyrdom.

No, Christians never coward in the catacombs.

That's actually a tourist myth.

And what race is Jesus, anyway?

It was kind of like a revelation.

I said, oh, wow, I never even considered the idea that Jesus could have possibly been black.

Who could have thought of this? It's all coming up.

After this.

From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield. And I'm Brooke Gladstone. You know,

you wake up on a Friday morning to wrap up your show after a long night of

tweaks, edits, and reconsiderations, and now there's no time left except to mix the show and send it out,

and then you see stories broken, so fast-moving it can't be addressed in any way that would last

more than 15 minutes. So you throw up your hands. It's not for

us, you say. Thank God, you think. Now, if you're a believer in God, these days you might think

that despite Einstein's dictum, God really does seem to be playing dice with us. Maybe you would consult the holy

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