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How do you disagree with substance, respect, and a spot of laughter? Is it possible for deep difference to be the uncanny glue of a free society, and not the spark for its conflagration? What does good-faith persuasion look like anymore?Zealots at the Gate from Comment explores these questions through the friendship of two men: Muslim political thinker Shadi Hamid and Christian theologian Matthew Kaemingk. Through frank, unapologetic dialogue interrogating the future of democracy and the role of religion in North American cultural life, this is a conversation bent on charting out a new paradigm for navigating philosophical and even tribal difference with openness, good humour, and convicted humility.
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Zealots at the Gate is hosted by Comment. The show has published 35 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Have Progressives Found Faith Again?" (29 October 2026, 55 minutes), "Evangelicals and Their Cultured Despisers" (26 October 2026, 71 minutes), and "Holy Feminism? Muslim and Christian Feminists Discuss" (11 October 2026, 74 minutes).
Zealots at the Gate publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 65 minutes across 35 episodes.
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Comment hosts Zealots at the Gate, a society podcast with 35 episodes published.
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When Michael Wear briefed senior political leaders, he always included a simple slide showing how many Americans identify as religious. Once, one of them looked at it and said out loud, "Oh my God, there are that many...
Join us as we talk with journalist and author Bonnie Kristian about her new book, In Defense of Evangelicalism . Kristian illuminates the societal trends toward the "monstering" of evangelicalism and argues for fair...
Leah Libresco Sargeant and Hadia Mubarak join Matt and Shadi to discuss what feminism looks like within their respective commitments to Catholicism and Islam. Libresco, an author and speaker and atheist-to-Catholic...
Zealots at the Gate
Matt and Shadi's initiative, The Faith and Future of Democracy Initiative, is now housed at the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. The two sat down with the center director and...
What are the lessons of 9/11? What does it mean to "never forget"? Join Matt and Shadi as they reflect on the fact that Muslims and Christians remember 9/11 and its aftermath quite differently. Together, Matt and Shadi...
In the previous episode, Matthew and Shadi sat down with self-described Christian nationalist William Wolfe and gave him substantial room to articulate his account of American history and his vision of Christianity...
In one of their most revealing—and at times unsettling—conversations to date, Matthew and Shadi sit down with William Wolfe, a self-described Christian nationalist, former Trump administration official, and founder and...
Join us as we talk with David Brooks, author and staff writer at The Atlantic . Brooks explores the tensions between political resentment and spiritual longing, diversity and cohesion, extremism and moderatism, and...
Episode #10
Evangelicals, historically, have largely supported the state of Israel. But is support waning? Why have evangelicals taken this stance, and what has changed? Join us as we talk with Robert Nicholson, founder of the...
Episode #9
Birthrates are falling drastically in many parts of the world. Why is this? And how does this trend relate to our political and religious lives in the twenty-first century? Join us as we talk with Lyman Stone, senior...
Within our American context, "spiritual but not religious" is an increasingly popular title. It connotes rising above organized religion and opting instead for an individualistic, buffet-like spirituality that reflects...
Episode #7
What does it look like for American Muslim communities to engage in the political landscape of the twenty-first century? In light of Republican and Democratic culpability in Gaza, how can Muslims maintain their...
Episode #5
The book Mere Christianity, written by C.S. Lewis, is a staple for Christians and presents what many would argue are the core tenets of the Christian faith. How does Islam interact with what is described as "mere"...
What do American Jewish-Muslim relations look like post–October 7? Does Jewish theology compel multifaith dialogue and a commitment to pluralism? American Muslim-Jewish relations were, for a while, a model to the world...
Episode #4
In an extremely polarized political landscape, how do we learn to change our minds? What happens when someone dedicates their entire career to the Christian Right and then has a moment of repentance? Join us as we talk...
Episode #3
Underneath a bombastic and bumbling Donald Trump sits a world of radical right-wing intellectuals, shaping the ways we experience the MAGA movement today. How did the American far right emerge? How have we misread the...
Episode #2
The Democratic Party is the home of the religious "nones." And yet it is also a bastion of wokeness and language policing. With its desire to maintain its own purity, its own creeds, and its own take on "original sin,"...
Episode #1
Conservatism in American politics has historically been tied to religious communities, bound by common concerns of morality and common values. As the MAGA movement emerged, it did not exhibit these traits. Is the MAGA...
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Editorial Director of Ideas & Books, Christianity Today
author of The Dignity of Dependence
Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics, Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University
Founder and Executive for the Center of Baptist Leadership, Center for Baptist Leadership
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