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Hosted by Warren Throckmorton · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 51 episodes
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Season Three began April 28. I am renaming the podcast The Christian Past That Wasn't to be consistent with the forthcoming book from Broadleaf Books, The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History. This is so much more than a fact-checking book; it critiques the entire Christian nationalist project and misuse of history for political gain. Consistent with the first two seasons of this podcast, The Christian Past That Wasn't demonstrates that separation of church and state was the intention of the framers of the charter documents. We would be so much better off if we stayed true to separation of church and state in the US. Podcast summary: Telling Jefferson Lies chronicles how history can be hijacked for ideological and political purposes, as well as a much broader story about the surge of Christian nationalism and the misuse of history which often goes along with it. The series begins in season one with an in-d
Warren Throckmorton hosts The Christian Past That Wasn't: Formerly Telling Jefferson Lies, a history show with 51 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of the season, there are three parts which support the concluding chapter of The Christian Past That Wasn't . The first part is former Secretary of Health and Human Services Ben Car
Send us Fan Mail The episode begins with a role play of a teacher presenting a history lesson right out of the Christian nationalist playbook. Mrs. Johnson's students try to help her with questions but she doesn't take t
Send us Fan Mail The claim that the Declaration of Independence was based on the Bible is common among those who believe America was founded as a Christian nation. Recently, Tim and David Barton are promoting the idea th
Send us Fan Mail Randall Balmer joins me for remarks about why he believes America is not a Christian nation and why separation of church and state is the American way. This is the topic of chapter 6 in my new book The C
Send us Fan Mail During the America 250 celebration, the Trump administration has partnered with Hillsdale College to produce various educational resources to promote a view of America's founding which is slanted toward
Send us Fan Mail Chapter 4 of The Christian Past That Wasn't takes up the question of this episode. This episode cites the book and expands on it as well. In sum, I take the position that the experience of colonial and s
Send us Fan Mail Today is the official publication date of The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History. Although it has been available for a couple of weeks at Amazon and
Send us Fan Mail America as we celebrate it today was founded in stages. Independence came via the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. Our current system of government came later via the Constitutional
Send us Fan Mail In my book The Christian Past That Wasn't (Broadleaf Books) , I spend two chapters on the factors that make Christian nationalism attractive. In this segment, I interview Dean of Oklahoma Christian Unive
Send us Fan Mail Why did I write The Christian Past That Wasn't? Answering that question requires me to revisit season one of the podcast and reflect on the rise of Christian nationalism in the African nation of Uganda i
Send us Fan Mail Today I interview Todd Allen, Founder of the Common Ground Project and administrator at Messiah University (PA). Todd and I talk about his work in civil rights education and history. We also discuss my f
Send us Fan Mail On April 28, the first episode of the podcast series The Christian Past That Wasn't is scheduled for posting. This is a continuation of the podcast formerly known as Telling Jefferson Lies. TJL gets a ne
Send us Fan Mail Roger Finke is distinguished professor emeritus of sociology and international affairs at Penn State University. Roger is also the founder of the Association of Religion Data Archives, which is an online
Send us Fan Mail Today's segment is the second part of my interview with Paul Matzko, historian and senior program manager at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. Paul is also an adjunct scholar a
Send us Fan Mail Paul Matzko is a historian and senior program manager for AI and emerging technology at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. He is also an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute an
Send us Fan Mail This segment includes a significant amount of a recent interview with historican and author Jemar Tisby. Although I interviewed Jemar in the spring, the content is incredibly timely and relevant now. In
Send us Fan Mail Today I feature an interview with Katherine Stewart, the author of the New York Time bestseller Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy. The segment is timely in that we d
Send us Fan Mail Why are Christian nationalists angry about the New York City Democratic mayoral primary victory of Zohran Mamdani? They surely are. Many are blaming "unchecked" immigration for his win. White Christians
Send us Fan Mail Be it resolved: America's founders established a secular government with provision for a religious people. When the delegates met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, they deliberately prevented the go
Send us Fan Mail Recently, David Barton and Matt Krause testified in front of the Texas House of Representatives Public Education committee. Barton and Krause both said some historically questionable things to support th
Todd Allen
Department Chair of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences · University of Michigan
1 appearance on this show
Jemar Tisby
historian and New York Times bestselling author
2 appearances on this show
Katherine Stewart
investigative journalist and author
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Whitehead
Sociologist, Author, Christian · Shakespeare Martineau
1 appearance on this show
Caleb Campbell
Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Coach, Military Veteran, Former NFL Athlete · Desert Springs Bible Church
1 appearance on this show
Scott Coley
author of Ministers of Propaganda: Truth, Power and the Ideology of the Religious Right · Vermeer Southeast
1 appearance on this show
Randall Balmer
Episcopal priest and author
1 appearance on this show
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