{"id":30690,"date":"2024-07-02T13:46:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=30690"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:46:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:46:36","slug":"joel-looper-why-evangelicals-are-drawn-to-christian-nationalism","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/gravitycommons.com\/es\/podcast\/joel-looper-why-evangelicals-are-drawn-to-christian-nationalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Looper: Why Evangelicals are Drawn to Christian Nationalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"expandable-text\">\n<div class=\"expandable-text__visible\">\n<div class=\"expandable-text__text\">\n<p>Though evangelicals emphasize fidelity to the gospel above all else, many have fallen in step with &#8220;a different gospel&#8221; of Christian nationalism. Analyzing Scripture, church history, and current events in the United States and Russia, Joel Looper offers evangelicals a theological rationale for resisting Christian nationalism.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Looper teaches at Baylor University where he serves as coordinator for Shalom Mission Communities, a network of international Christian communities. He&#8217;s the author of\u00a0<em>Bonhoeffer&#8217;s America: A Land Without Reformation\u00a0<\/em>and the book we talked about on this episode <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/75288\/9780802884275\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Another Gospel: Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Show notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The article we referenced about the Texas school board member who disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2024\/05\/15\/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. 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