The Missionary-Spies Who Helped to Form the CIA

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Brad talks with Dr. Matthew Avery Sutton, author of the new book "Double-Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War". They discuss how missionaries became undercover agents during WWII, how religious professionals and rhetoric have shaped US diplomacy, and how the legacy of these missionary-spies still informs our public square. 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 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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1:04.0	Hello. Hello. Hello, welcome to Straightwide American Jesus. My name is Brad O'Nishi and I am
1:17.8	Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Skidmore College and I am thrilled today to be joined by Dr Matthew Avery Sutton, who is the Edward R Meyer, distinguished professor of history at Washington State and also the chair of the history department there.
1:35.0	Professor Sutton has written a number of books.
1:38.0	One of them is called American Apocalypse, which is a history of American Evangelicalism, and we'll touch on that today and the one we're going to really focus on is called
1:47.8	Double Cross and it is double cross the missionaries who spied for the United States during the Second World War, and we're going to share that fascinating story with you today.
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