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S2 Ep1139: What Is a Christian Political Identity? Dr. Lee Camp

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🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Lee has been teaching full time at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, since 1999. He has an M.A. and M.Div. from Abilene Christian University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Moral Theology / Christian Ethics from Notre Dame University. Lee is the author of several books, including an outstanding book on politics called Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians. And this forms the basis for our conversation which focuses on what a truly Christian political identity looks like.

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0:00.0

Hey, friends. Welcome back to another episode of theology in the raw. My guess today is a long

0:04.8

awaited guest. I've been wanting to have on for so long. Dr. Lee Camp is a professor at Lipscomb

0:10.9

University. He's been there since 1999. He has tons of degrees here. Let's see an MA and an MDiv

0:17.5

from Abilene Christian University and MA and a PhD in moral theology and Christian ethics from

0:23.5

Notre Dame University is the author of several books, including one of my favorite books on

0:28.8

politics called, I'm going to hold it up here from my YouTube watchers, scandalous witness,

0:34.0

a little political manifesto for Christians, which came out a few years ago. It is absolutely

0:40.0

incredible. It's not too long, not too hard to read, but very responsible and thoughtful and

0:45.1

engaging and prophetic. And so we talk all things politics and I loved this conversation. Lee is

0:51.9

so sharp, so wise. So I can't wait for you to listen to this conversation. So please welcome to

0:56.7

the show for the first time. We want an only Dr. Lee Camp.

1:09.5

Lee, thanks so much for being on the algebra. I've been looking forward to this for about 15 years.

1:15.2

Long before podcasts. He shouldn't have waited so long.

1:19.6

I know. There are several guests. In my mind, I'm like, oh, I would love to have them on,

1:26.8

but then I forget. I don't write it down or something when I'm inviting guests. It's an oversize

1:32.8

part of my part. Look forward to the conversation. Your book, I've read a few of your books,

1:39.2

scandalous witness, is just off the show. It was so, so good. It put words to how it was

1:45.6

feeling about a Christian political perspective. I'm sure you get that a lot. A lot of people

1:51.4

that know Reddit say the exact same thing. Like gosh, this, this is how I was feeling. I just didn't

1:55.2

know how to say it. So thank you for that book. Has it been well received? It has been well

2:01.1

received. You know, it's like any theology book you think more people should read it than have read

2:05.3

it. But yes, it has been well received. I've been very grateful for the good feedback that we've

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