Kissing Cousins: Biblical Inerrancy + Constitutional Originalism

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Constitutional Originalism is the idea that one should read the Constitution, not interpret it. It endeavors to implement the "original" intent of the Founders. The goal is to limit renovation and innovation in order to stick with the "fundamentals" of the United States. Sound familiar? It should. The origins of this strategy are found in biblical inerrancy--the idea that the Bible should be read, not interpreted. That it is the errorless Word of God. That it is 100% accurate in terms of history, archaeology, and everything else. What if I told you that both of these movements have their foundation in White Supremacy and the Lost Cause? Austin Steelman, PhD candidate at Stanford University, unpacks the story. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 SWAJ Apparel is here! https://straight-white-american-jesus.creator-spring.com/listing/not-today-uncle-ron To Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Venmo: @straightwhitejc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an irreverent podcast.
0:03.7	Visit irreverent.fm for more content from our amazing lineup of creators.
0:21.5	Welcome to Straight White American Jesus.
0:23.2	My name is Brad Onishi.
0:24.6	I'm faculty at the University of San Francisco.
0:27.0	And our shows host in a partnership with the Cap Center at UCSB.
0:30.0	I'm joined today by Austin Steeleman, who is a PhD candidate in history at Stanford University.
0:36.0	And we're going to talk about constitutional originalism and biblical inerrancy, fascinating connection.
0:42.0	So Austin, thanks for joining me.
0:44.0	Thanks for having me.
0:46.0	Excited for the conversation.
0:47.0	Excited to be on the show.
0:49.0	I want to just start by talking about your background.
0:51.0	So today we're talking about two separate, but as we're going to discover related ideas,
0:56.0	we have mentioned this on our show before.
0:58.0	I know some folks who remember this, but basically the idea that one should read the US Constitution as an originalist,
1:05.0	meaning in the sort of original intent of the authors.
1:09.0	And biblical inerrancy or biblical literalism, meaning you should read the Bible literally,
1:14.0	or as an inerrant text, without any error whatsoever.
1:19.0	What is interesting is that there are sort of connections between these and American history.
1:23.0	And there's connections even now in terms of our political landscape.
1:27.0	So we want to get to all of that sort of fascinating payoff.
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