Brad Littlejohn and Chris Castaldo join me to discuss their book Why Do Protestants Convert?, which examines the psychological, theological, and sociological reasons that evangelical intellectuals often convert to Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy.

Buy the book: https://davenantinstitute.org/why-do-protestants-convert

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BRAD LITTLEJOHN and CHRIS CASTALDO: Why Protestants Convert to Catholicism

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Farah Stockman is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and member of the New York Times editorial board. She's also the author of the great book American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears.

Her book chronicles the closure and relocation to Mexico of a Rexnord bearing plant in Indianapolis in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. It focuses particularly on the lives of three workers in the plant. 

American Made is a detailed a moving portrait of the reality of industrial life in the 21st century American Heartland. She joins me to discuss on the podcast this week to discuss this important book.

Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/American-Made-Happens-People-Disappears-ebook/dp/B08YN77FLS/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag;=theurban-20 

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FARAH STOCKMAN: What Happens to People When Work Disappears

Jonathan Whitehead, a lawyer who has been active in Southern Baptist institutional life for many years, joins me to discuss the future of the SBC. We will focus on the SBC's upcoming convention in Indianapolis, where several key issues will be debated and addressed.

JONATHAN WHITEHEAD: The Future of the Southern Baptist Convention

Dr. Anthony Bradley joins me to talk about why the evangelical church struggles to attract men. We will discuss the state of men in America, the matrilineal nature of evangelicalism, and what needs to change to make the church more relevant.  Bradley is the author of the book Heroic Fraternities: How College Men Can Save Universities and America.

Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Heroic-Fraternities-College-Universities-America/dp/1666715530/

Evangelicalism is Matrilineal: https://mereorthodoxy.com/evangelicals-matrilineal

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ANTHONY BRADLEY: Evangelicalism's Man Problems

Dr. Ewan Goligher is a scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. He's the author of the book How Should We then Die?: A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death. He joins me to discuss physician-assisted suicide from a Christian point of view. 

Buy his book: https://www.amazon.ca/How-Should-then-Die-Physician-Assisted/dp/1683597478

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DR. EWAN GOLIGHER: A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death

Three years ago I recorded a podcast series on the American postwar conservative moment. One of the episodes focused on the way that the nascent conservatives responded to the campus unrest of the 1960s. Since campus protests are again in the news, I'm reposting my thoughts from that old episode.

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BRAD LITTLEJOHN and CHRIS CASTALDO: Why Protestants Convert to Catholicism

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