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Religion on the Mind

The Religious Rhetoric of Politicians (#169)

Religion on the Mind

Religion on the Mind

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Spirituality

4.7543 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Joining me today is Rev. Dr. Brian Kaylor to discuss his book "Presidential Campaign Rhetoric in an Age of Confessional Politics." Brian overviews the book's four categories for religious political rhetoric: testimonial, partisan, sectarian and liturgical. We analyze how Evangelicalism has significantly changed the political landscape in the past 50 years. Brian's Book "Presidential Campaign Rhetoric in an Age of Confessional Politics": https://www.amazon.com/Presidential-Confessional-Lexington-Political-Communication/dp/0739148796 Word & Way Organization: https://wordandway.org/ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.

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They think they're better than us.

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Who do you think you are?

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I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.

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She's punishing me.

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You destroyed my family.

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I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.

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A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.

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My name A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.

0:25.7

My name is Dan Koch.

0:30.4

Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.

0:36.4

And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make liberal converts.

0:39.3

I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as former Christians and non-religious

0:44.9

folks, anyone who finds themselves asking difficult questions about God, science, prayer, fate,

0:58.9

suffering, evangelism, and more. So many of us have been given bad answers to those good questions, often by people with pure intentions. I want to say that

1:05.4

you have permission to take both Christianity and the modern world very seriously.

1:11.8

And I hope to facilitate that by introducing you to people seeking God across the Christian spectrum,

1:18.2

engaging hard questions in a multitude of ways.

1:21.5

Thanks for listening.

1:33.9

As a way of a brief introduction, I just want to say, I know the midterm elections have passed.

1:43.9

And part of me didn't want to air this conversation before or around them because I personally am so exhausted with political coverage, especially around elections. And this conversation is really

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