Sons of Patriarchy

Meet an anonymous woman who grew up around Jim and Bessie Wilson (Doug's parents), Theresa Smith who married in to the CREC, and Nathan and Christiana Wells (Moscow residents) on the reputation of the church.

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Nerds of history, political theory, and political theology, this is your episode! Everyone else? Figure out where this thing called Christian Nationalism came from.

Catholic Integralism is both intellectually superior of, and far more historically grounded counterpart to Christian Nationalism. Kevin Vallier (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toledo) discusses the rise of Catholic Integralism, the Protestant response, and where Christian Nationalism fits into that picture (if it does at all).

From Catholic Integralism, we move forward a few hundred hears to the founding of the American Republic. Jerome Copulsky (Research Fellow at the Berkley Center at Georgetown University) analyzes the political and religious traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries, dispelling rumors about America's founding while providing a politically (and religiously) robust reading of the nation's constitution and supporting documents.

All the Kingdoms of the World by Kevin Vallier

American Heretics by Jerome Copulsky

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Meet Tony, Kalina, and Kallie. Tony is the former Chief Operating Officer at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. Kalina is a former member of Church of the King CREC in Santa Cruz, California. Kallie is a former member of Christ Church and former student at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho.

Anabel's Lion by Tony Baker

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Keely Emerine-Mix's 5-part debate with Douglas Wilson: http://www.tomandrodna.com/notonthepalouse/Church_Debate_Mix_Wilson_071106.htm

The tremors of Christian Nationalism have reached the nation.

In this episode we interact with Tucker Carlson, Doug Wilson, Joel Webbon, Stephen Wolfe, and many other major players of the Christian Nationalist movements. There are strands of this movement you need to learn about, their major players, their specific policies, and much more.

This begins our five-part series on Christian Nationalism. Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

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Allow us to (re)introduce ourselves.

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Meet "Jean" (her pseudonym), first profiled in Sarah Stankorb's 2021 VICE Article "Inside the Church That Preaches 'Wives Need to be Led with a Firm Hand," and Emilie Paige Dye, who spoke out in 2020 about the abuse she underwent at Logos School during her time as a high school student.

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The emergence of the Young, Restless, and Reformed in the late 1990s and 2000s didn't come out of nowhere. Most were known by their rhetorical power, calvinistic soteriology, and movement-building prowess. But they've all got a spiritual father, a Patriarch, if you will.

Maybe you listened to the 2021 podcast series "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill," and wondered, "Where did Driscoll come from?" Well, he took what Doug Wilson had written, and preached it. Driscoll appealed to men like never before, with an in-your-face message, that beat you up and left you satisfied, longing for more. Many others have followed in his wake, but like all modern philosophers to Plato, they're simply building on Wilson.

Listen in as we talk with Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus at the University of Idaho (Doug's former professor), and Russell Moore, Editor in Chief at Christianity Today, about Doug's beginnings, those whom he's influenced, and where they see this going.

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Meet Sarah Stankorb, whose 2021 VICE article, "Inside the Church That Preaches 'Wives Need to be Led with a Firm Hand,'" broke open the floodgates. She then followed it up with Disobedient Women in 2023, which built on, and expanded upon, her original article.

She talks through reporting on abuse, speaking with and listening to abuse survivors, the dynamics surrounding women who come forward with abuse stories, the environment(s) that perpetuate abuse, and much more.

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This begins our Thursday segment, profiling dozens of abuse stories, ranging from within the CREC, throughout the Reformed world, and beyond.

It's worse than you think.

Episode Resources

Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

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SURPRISE! We're a day early.

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From fringe to mainstream.

Maybe you've heard of them, maybe you haven't. One thing is for sure, they're influential. What started in the late 70s has blossomed into a worldwide movement, making Christian Nationalism... national. From a small college town, Moscow, Idaho, meet the pastor and movement that is influencing American politics, and infiltrating American churches.

In this inaugural episode, Kristin Kobes Du Mez talks about the decades leading up to the rise of Doug Wilson. He's both the natural trajectory of conservative evangelicalism, and a reaction to it. Find out how, and why.

Throughout this series we'll dive into the man himself, Christian Nationalism both local and abroad, schooling systems, marketing and publishing industry, theology and cultural issues, and stories of abuse.

Let's get to know this movement.

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Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

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Series begins 10.28.24

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