Truce - History of the Christian Church

Marketing Christian Libertarianism


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James Fifield was a pastor, radio personality, publisher, and outspoken libertarian. He hated the New Deal and its restrictions. His organization, Spiritual Mobilization, created a marketing campaign that would bond Christianity to capitalism and the United States for decades to come.

Also... you know those Ten Commandments monuments all over the country? Well, it turns out that many of them were built to advertise for one of the highest grossing movies of all time: Cecil B. Demille's "The Ten Commandments".

Helpful links:

  • List of Ten Commandments monuments placed by the Eagles
  • Ten Commandments trailer featuring Cecil B. Demille
  • One Nation Under God by Kevin Kruse
  • The Evangelicals by Frances Fitzgerald


    Discussion Questions:

    • Is it creepy when corporations tell people how to behave?
    • Do you like it when companies tie religion to business?
    • Is Christianity an individualistic religion? A collectivist one? Neither? Both?
    • Does Leviticus 25:10 mean that we have a right to liberty? Or does it mean something else?
    • Should monuments to the 10 Commandments be allowed on public land?
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