The Orthodox Christian faith is a growing yet tiny minority in the Christendom body in the United States.  Yet they are growing in strength and numbers on the broader American Right.  Which suggests that Orthodoxy may exert its influence on the conservative movement of the future.  What traditions does the faith hold that may bolster and modify conservatism?  What challenges are there in seeking to fuse a predominantly Eastern religion with the politics of the West?  How do practicing Orthodox view Russia’s war in Ukraine?  Can Orthodoxy be a gateway for those who become radicalized on the Right?  Returning guest and Greek Orthodox practitioner Christopher Chesny joins Josh to answer all this and more.

 

About Christopher Chesny

Christopher Chesny is a conservative activist who has been involved in Republican and conservative politics for almost two decades. After his political awakening at a young age after the 2000 Election and 9/11, he began to engage in the public policy process in a myriad of ways before graduating high school, and that engagement has continued through college up to the present day. This has included academic public policy research, journalism covering state governmental bodies including legislatures and executive and judicial branch agencies, being elected to various party offices and as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention, lobbying legislators for conservative causes both in an activist and professional capacity, managing social media accounts for conservative groups, and most significantly volunteering and sometimes professionally managing and consulting political campaigns in multiple states across the country.

 

Currently living in Virginia outside of Washington, D.C., Christopher was born in Oklahoma City and grew up outside Tulsa, and received his B.A. with a Major in Political Science and Minors in History and Economics from Arizona State University, and later his Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Besides specializing in American political history and psephology (the study of elections) since the Second World War, he is a fan of history and geography from most every era in most every part of the world, especially the history of different religious faiths. Besides keeping up with current events, he is also an armchair cinephile and an avid fan of both classical music and rock 'n roll, especially alternative rock and its offshoots from the 1980s through to the present day.

 

You can find Chris on Twitter at @ChrisChesny89