How Conservatives Co-Opted Christianity
Get 20% off your annual premium subscription with Brilliant when you re one of the first 200 to sign up using this link! Https://brilliant.org/SecondThought If you live in the United States, odds are you ve encountered the distinctly American "conservative christian." It seems that these people, despite their fierce devotion to their faith, have no idea what the Bible actually calls them to do. In this episode, we re taking a look at how christianity was adopted and perverted by the American political Right, and how it differs from the christianity of the early church. How Conservatives Co-Opted Christianity – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS music by Sam Kužel - https://samkuzel.com/ New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Statistics https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2004/12/06/religion-and-the-presidential-vote/ https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/legacy-commentary/103-4.gif https://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/chapter-1-the-changing-religious-composition-of-the-u-s/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/04/06/why-trump-is-reliant-on-white-evangelicals/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/26/what-the-2020-electorate-looks-like-by-party-race-and-ethnicity-age-education-and-religion/ https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/national-results/0 The Religious Right https://www.oah.org/tah/issues/2018/november/evangelicalism-and-politics/ Bryan, William Jennings. “The Inspiration of the Bible.” Seven Questions in Dispute, New York, 1924. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/dfg/amrl/bryan.htm. Sutton, Matthew Avery. Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America. Harvard University Press, 2007. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Yj4VlFWtJCkC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&ots=6rX-q7DrP9&sig=osSGyFWM1E7RY3PazPVD1MHYY5c#v=onepage&q&f=false, 241-244. Williams, Daniel K. God s own party: The making of the Christian right. Oxford University Press, 2012. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=lqf3KBaqgI8C&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&ots=1cOPlxOCLP&sig=E3o4othLLcXuRjT6juO3cEkbmws#v=onepage&q&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism#Social_and_economic_influences The Religious Left/Christian Socialism Montero, Roman A. All Things in Common: The Economic Practices of the Early Christians. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2017. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=8fbEDgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=Montero,+Roman+A.+(2017).+All+Things+in+Common:+The+Economic+Practices+of+the+Early+Christians.+Eugene,+Oregon:+Wipf+and+Stock&ots=GM92__xK6Z&sig=HEjQ0MuP9GLYZLwQiS-mSfR-AP8#v=onepage&q&f=false Janzen, Rod, and Max Stanton. The Hutterites in North America. JHU Press, 2010. https://books.google.com/books?id=lgUbHUXmrvYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, 17. Rauschenbusch, Walter. A Theology for the Social Gospel. New York, The Macmillan company, 1917. http://archive.org/details/theologyforsoc00raus. “The Uncompromising Anti-Capitalism of Martin Luther King Jr.” Huffington Post, January 20th, 2014, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-uncompromising-anti-capitalism-of-martin-luther-king-jr_b_4629609. “History of the Religious Left,” September 28, 2020. https://straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/history-of-the-religious-left/. https://religionandpolitics.org/2020/01/28/why-these-young-american-christians-embraced-socialism/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/united-church-of-christ-sues-over-north-carolina-gay-marriage-ban/2014/04/28/c0e10238-cf19-11e3-a714-be7e7f142085_story.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6k_DTqrEPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqM4FOWtTTc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_left Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com
