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zero carbon generation at EDF Energy.com slash helping Britain. You're not going to be here. Welcome to Straight White American Jesus. My name is Brad O'Nishi, associate professor of

Religious Studies at Skidmore College and we have an incredibly special episode right now.

We're taping in front of a live Zoom audience and

we're doing so with our guest and that is Dr Richard Newton,

who's assistant professor of religion at the University of Alabama.

So Dr Newton, I'll just say thanks for joining me and thanks for being here with some of my

Skidmore colleagues, Skidmore students, and Skidmore community.

Thank you for having me.

I'm really excited to be with you virtually,

and maybe next time we can do it in person.

Yeah.

Well, this is your second time being here on the show. You were part of our very ad hoc and somewhat rushed episode on what people thought, what religion scholars thought about Trump's Bible photo op a couple of months ago

but it's wonderful to have you back to talk about your brand new book and your book is

identifying roots Alex Haley and the anthropology of scriptures.

It is just out from Equinox, and it's a fantastic text, and we're going to jump into it here

in a second.

I want to tell people about you, though we do that you are as I said a faculty

in religion at the University of Alabama you received your PhD critical

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