The REAL History of Christian Nationalism
Sons of Patriarchy
Peter Bell & Sarah Bader
4.2 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
We are re-airing Season 1 with all the interest in Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson.
This gives us the time to reformat and relaunch Sons of Patriarchy with our BIGGEST NEWS YET in 2026!
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Nerds of history, political theory, and political theology, this is your episode! Everyone else? Figure out where this thing called Christian Nationalism came from.
Catholic Integralism is both intellectually superior of, and far more historically grounded counterpart to Christian Nationalism. Kevin Vallier (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toledo) discusses the rise of Catholic Integralism, the Protestant response, and where Christian Nationalism fits into that picture (if it does at all).
From Catholic Integralism, we move forward a few hundred hears to the founding of the American Republic. Jerome Copulsky (Research Fellow at the Berkley Center at Georgetown University) analyzes the political and religious traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries, dispelling rumors about America's founding while providing a politically (and religiously) robust reading of the nation's constitution and supporting documents.
All the Kingdoms of the World by Kevin Vallier: https://shorturl.at/wpj4b
American Heretics by Jerome Copulsky: https://shorturl.at/kJPZi
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sons of Patriarchy. I'm your host, Peter Bell. |
| 0:05.0 | Sons of Patriarchy exists to expose the hidden power structures behind Christian nationalism. |
| 0:10.5 | Through survivor testimonies, shared storytelling, and honest expert critiques from across |
| 0:15.9 | political, theological, and cultural spectrums, we shine light on systems of abuse and authoritarian control |
| 0:23.6 | principally focused on Doug Wilson of Moscow, Idaho, and the movements he has founded and influenced, |
| 0:29.2 | as well as across reformed and conservative churches. Our goal is not just to inform, how did we get |
| 0:35.7 | here, and what do we do about it, but to spark meaningful |
| 0:39.2 | conversations in homes, faith communities, and public spaces about what a healthier, freer, |
| 0:45.9 | and more just society can look like. Together, we can dismantle harmful narratives and build |
| 0:52.8 | communities of mutual respect and diversity. |
| 0:57.2 | Sons of Patriarchy aims to do what Doug cannot. We will unite people. We do not demand you be |
| 1:03.6 | like us. We meet you where you are. And while you may not always agree with us, we hope we can |
| 1:09.6 | agree on this. |
| 1:13.1 | Churches should be safe. |
| 1:19.8 | You can find us on all podcasting platforms as well as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and X, |
| 1:22.2 | and Sons of Patriarchy.com. |
| 1:30.1 | Add free episodes, bonus content, listening a week ahead of time on both audio and video, |
| 1:36.3 | monthly Ask Us Anything Specials and many more perks are available across five membership levels at patreon.com slash sons of patriarchy. Much of the same is available via Apple podcast subscriptions for $4.99 a month. |
| 1:48.0 | You can give to this work directly at donorbox.com slash sons dash of dash patriarchy. |
| 1:56.7 | Exclusive Sons of Patriarchy merch is available at Sonsopatriarchy.com slash merch. |
| 2:02.9 | If you'd like to get a hold of us, desire to interview either myself or co-producer Sarah Bader, |
| 2:09.4 | or your news media agency looking for information on Christian nationalism, |
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