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Straight White American Jesus

Weekly Roundup: Frederick Douglass on a Divided Nation, Whose Faith Counts as Really American?, and American Exceptionalism in Religious Terms

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

News, Politics

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Brad and Dan begin by drawing on a famous speech by Frederick Douglass in order to put the nail in the coffin on the idea that it is the Democrats' job to reach across the aisle. They then explain why Republicans think it is okay to attack the faith--including the sermons--of Raphael Warnock, but would not allow one utterance of criticism related to Amy Coney Barrett's religious belief and practice. They finish by looking at stats that tell the real story of American Exceptionalism--the presence of almost equal numbers of highly religious people (85 million people) and non-religious people (100 million). No other developed country has this kind of religious/non-religious make up. It has important consequences for our politics and culture.  We finish this episode with a new segment, "He's No James Madison".  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 new 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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David Mitchell, six comedians, one ruling contest of survival.

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I thought it was quite a pleasant week.

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Deadly weapons.

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Do scissors count? There was a lot of arts and craft.

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Death-defying stunts. If that's a reference to me

0:14.2

tripping over I've been assured by the producers they've cut it.

0:16.8

Dangerous obstacles. There are a lot more nettles than I would have like.

0:20.1

It's

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outside. on the funniest. During World War II, my great-granddad, George Arthur Roberts, was awarded for his bravery fighting fires night after night.

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Offer ends the 13th of November. Hello,

1:14.0

welcome to Straight White American Jesus hosted in partnership at the Cap Center

1:18.0

at the University of California Santa Barbara.

1:20.0

My name is Brad Unishi, Associate Professor,

1:22.0

Religious Studies,

1:22.8

Gilmore College, and I'm here today with my co-host.

1:25.9

I'm Dan Miller, Associate Professor,

1:28.1

Religion and Social Thought at Lamar College.

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