In this episode of On The Line, host Jen Gerson is joined by Dr. André Gagné, a theology professor at Concordia University and author of American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times.

Together, they dive into the curious case of Peter Thiel — the Palantir CEO, multi-billionaire, and deeply influential figure in both Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s orbit. Thiel has recently been on a tear, warning that anti-AI activists, Greta Thunberg, and just about anyone who disagrees with him politically are aligned with “the anti-Christ.”

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So what exactly does that mean? What is the anti-Christ, Biblically speaking? Are Thiel’s warnings remotely theologically sound — or is something else going on here? Jen and Dr. Gagné unpack the religious, political, and cultural forces shaping the modern Evangelical movement in America, and why it’s increasingly blending faith, conspiracy, and power.

All that and more, today On The Line.

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