Our first international interview with guest Dr. Marcia Pally as we talk about her book "White Evangelicalism and Right Wing Populism: How Did We Get Here?". We discuss the duresses that white Evangelicals perceive themselves to be under, a history of how those perceived stressors and "us vs them" thinking inflames right wing populism. We also discuss how some Evangelicals at the end of the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s were socialists and/or supported more social programs. Toward the end, we talk briefly about her book on Leonard Cohen. Professor Pally teaches at New York University, at Fordham University and is an annual guest professor at Humboldt University’s Theology Faculty. In 2019-2020 she was a Fellow and The Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton. Her research interests are culture, religion, and politics as well as the intersection of culture and language. She is the author of several books.

Connect with Dr. Marcia Pally:

Website:  https://marciapally.com/

Twitter:  @Marcia_Pally

Dr. Pally's books mentioned on the podcast:

-"White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism:  How Did We Get Here?"  Order here:  https://www.amazon.com/White-Evangelicals-Right-Wing-Populism-Routledge/dp/1032134828

-"From This Broken Hill I Sing To You: God, Sex, and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen"  Order here:  https://www.amazon.com/this-Broken-Hill-Sing-You/dp/0567694763/

-"The New Evangelicals: Expanding the Vision of the Common Good"  Order here: https://marciapally.com/2020/07/the-new-evangelicals-expanding-the-vision-of-the-common-good/

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